Lord Willing

I have adopted a new phrase, well new to me. Lord willing....and fill in the blank. It is so true. If the Lord is willing nothing can stop Him, and if the Lord has other plans my inability to understand doesn't lessen the goodness of those plans. The Lord was willing today to allow us to finish our home study! Our social worker came over, took less than 10 minutes to look at the house, reviewed our paperwork and then was on her way. It was easy and painless. I haven't been able to say that very often the last few years. We are so thankful for an easy and painless step. She met with our pastor after us, and walking by Dave on the way out she said "I think you passed." And then it was over. Our paper work will now be sent to the home office in Asheville to await approval. It should take about 2 weeks and then we are officially waiting! Thank you for all of the encouragement and prayers. We will continue to need prayer as we enter this new phase of waiting. Pray that the paper work will be approved quickly, pray that Lord willing we will not have a long wait, pray for our baby's safety, and for the birth mother as she begins to make this difficult decision. Lord willing, we will strengthen our faith in Him, and Lord willing we will be holding our child soon.