"God's Timing"....

"In his heart man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps", Proverbs 16:9

This verse has always been very meaningful to me, and has brought me great comfort through the years.  I am so thankful that God is Sovereign, and that HE is the one directing my every step. I am so thankful for His perfect timing in all things.  As you all know from a few posts back, we have officially completed our foster parenting training and certification.  We are "sitting on go", waiting for a phone call. We were obedient to answer the call from the Lord to go through with and complete our training, and are so thankful to be at this point. It was made abundantly clear to us months ago, that the time was right and the time was now, to go through with our training.  We followed the Lord and pushed forward, completing it to the end.  But, as the verse above clearly states, man plans his way but it is the LORD who directs his steps. 

We have had some interesting happenings over the past month since I wrote my last post.  While we have not received a phone call from DHR, we have however gotten a very positive pregnancy test. That's right, I am almost 9 weeks pregnant!  We found out this wonderful news 3 days after we signed our very last set of papers to officially complete our training.  Clearly, God is in all of this, and we are trusting Him fully.

We do not know what tomorrow holds, and honestly, we are not even trying to figure any of it out.  I think God has clearly shown us that HE is the one in control of our lives and that He will do what He wills, when He wills, and all we are called to do is be obedient and faithful to whatever He tells us to do.

We are absolutely thrilled beyond words at this news, and are humbled and thankful. I am doing quite well, and being monitored very closely. We have been able to see our baby's heartbeat 3 times already and he or she is measuring about 1 week ahead.  We are so thankful for a strong, healthy baby.  God is the Creator and Sustainer of everything and we know He is holding our baby in His hands and is knitting together every fabric of his/her being.

People keep asking me what we are going to do about foster care. The only answer I have is that we will be obedient to whatever the Lord asks of us. It is not our decision, but His, so we will just have to see what happens through all of this.

At this point, we just ask for prayers for the little miracle growing inside of me, for wisdom, and for strength to obey.

"Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above Ye Heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen".