How’re your memory verses going? I usually go over mine when we are out on a walk. I recite them, cards set in my stroller’s caddy, as we walk around the neighborhood. It refreshes me spiritually and physically and I definitely feel it when I haven’t been out in a few days.
This familiar verse seems like one I should already have hidden in my heart; I’ve needed it as a reminder this month. I’ve been feeling like so much of my struggle with contentment comes from being so self-focused, when in reality, the smaller and weaker my self is, the more Jesus can be strong in me and shine through.
I’m really trying to take captive all the crummy stuff I’m facing these days– impatience, discontent, insecurity, lack of control– and give it all over to the Lord. I’ve been feeling especially weak in these areas lately and I’m clinging to the thought that when I am weak, He is strong.
His grace is sufficient. It doesn’t make life easy, but it gets me through the day, because as I relinquish, let go and abandon those thoughts, He is able to take His place in my life as the Blessed Controller.
What’s your verse for March?
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A
is for Adoption
Right now, the only word that comes to mind for the letter A has to be adoption. It’s a pretty consuming topic around these parts. We think often about our baby that will someday join our family, and try to wait patiently for the Lord’s timing. I feel like everywhere we go we see a transracial family where adoption is obvious… it’s like when you want to be pregnant and you see pregnant women everywhere, or when someone you know gets a new car and all of a sudden you see that exact car everywhere. It’s an exciting time to be sure, with ups and downs and lots of emotions that are new. I’m so thankful that God has put us on this path.
Our timeline…
May 2009: Attended an orientation for Domestic Adoption at Bethany Christian Services
July 2009: Really got cracking on paperwork
October 2009: Finished Paperwork, began working on Family Portfolio, etc.
December 3rd, 2009: Officially certified (finished home study)
January 2009: had our Family Portfolios delivered to the office, officially a waiting family
And the latest steps…
February 2010: Had one of our portfolios sent out to Indiana office (more on this later)
March 2010: started application process for various grants
posing with the last form we mailed to complete our paperwork!
this post is part of the Encyclopedia of Me series.
Tagged as:
adoption,
encyclopedia of me,
timeline
I’ve realized that blogs tend to evolve over time, and for me, Gidget Goes Home has really become a personal journal that chronicles life as I experience it, my creativity, my struggles, my research, and inspiration that I find and share.
I just came across another one of my fellow Simple Organic contributors whose blog I fell in love with {all of these women are seriously amazing, as are their blogs. I’ve been wondering how it is that I hadn’t found them all before and am thoroughly enjoying them now}. After browsing through Eren’s encyclopedia, I decided, why not do my own? Even if it is two and a half years after the original meme began over at Bella Dia.
So starting tomorrow, I’m going to begin the Encyclopedia of Me. Because I don’t blog every day, it might take me a while to get through it, but I think it will be a fun little journey.
See you tomorrow for the letter A!
Tagged as:
encyclopedia of me
