O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! 1 Chron. 16:34
Thanksgiving 2010 has come and gone and our celebration was simple and rather lonely. While my extended family gathered in GA the five of us remained here in CO. We had hoped that our Thanksgiving would be filled with a celebrations of news that we would soon be leaving for China but there was no TA to rejoice over and while we had food to feed an army, the day was just quiet and a bit sad. This stage of adoption is excruciatingly painful as you wait. Afraid to make plans, an adoptive mom lives in a state of hope, jumping with anticipation each time the phone rings. Our greatest desire was to have Joshua home before Christmas but at this point we know that it will take a miracle for this to happen and are now just praying that we can travel in January. It will not be the most ideal time for Cody, Grace and Emily but at this point we will take what we can get.
Nevertheless, we give thanks that the Lord is good and that His mercy endures forever. Thanks be to God for that mercy. Oh how I need it every day of my life as my flesh acts out in opposition to what I know is the desire of the Lord. So I rest in the Lord's goodness and give thanks that He does know when the appointed time is for us to bring our sweet little boy home to his family and that timing may not be perfect in my eyes or plans but is exactly when He wants him home.
We celebrated with food, some joke-telling by Grace, entertainment by Emily and a movie night for me and Cody. It was a time when this mama truly gave thanks for all of my babies, the 3 here with me, 1 in Heaven and 1 in China. What a day it will be when we are ALL together again!
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