So Far!

9:00 am - I'm looking at facebook pictures of my brother and sister-in-law, who are in Russia meeting their little girls. I'm so excited for them, but admittedly a little jealous. I realize I haven't posted on my blog in awhile. So even though I have NO NEWS, I post anyway (see below).

9:20 am. Bible study time. It's Beth Moore, exhorting me to pray for a wonder-driven work in my family that is "so far!" out there that God gets profuse credit. I admit that I'm not often a "so far!" kind of pray-er. I tend to pray more along the lines of "Your will be done..." But today I really wrestled with Psalm 18:16 - 19, and I kept tracking to P. "Grab hold of P, Lord. Pull him out of the deep waters of grief and despair, rescue him from his enemies who confronted him on the day of his disaster. Bring him to a spacious place, Lord. Bring him to our home, where he will be showered with love, where he will know your delight."

I prayed that God would bring us a word about P. I wanted confirmation that this was the child with whom we'd been matched. I wanted to know his age, his story. I went so far (!) as to say today. I quickly backtracked - "or this week or whenever...Your will be done." But that felt seriously wimpy (did God actually call me a wimp? I don't know, but it sure felt like it!), so I prayed "today. Bring us a word TODAY." I worried I was setting myself up for disappointment.

9:50 am. I really must do some work. I log back onto my computer and pull up manuscripts I need to edit. But ADD distraction...my email bings! Better check email, first.

It's AFAA! Our adoption agency! Emailing P's birth certificate (he's 5 1/2!) and orphanage report. Oh! My God! Wow! Today! Not days after my prayer, not hours, literally SECONDS after I prayed for P I got a word! I'm gonna keep praying!

Psalm 18:19 - He brought me into a spacious place. He rescued me because he delighted in me.