on the edge of a dream realized...

I can't describe how much excitement there is in me as we sit on the edge of a dream realized.  The dream of adopting was expressed by both Christy and I to each other over 12 years ago while at Creation Festival '96.  We had been married a year, living in Canada for 9 months and with no idea of what the future would have in store.  We had not idea how many kids we might have or what our future would have in store.  We were actually at a point where we were pretty raw emotionally after an intense first year of marriage as we started to face many things in our lives which we did not even know were there.  Yet, in the midst of all of it we both felt that some day God would call us to adopt a little child out there.

Now, here we sit over 12 years later, on the edge of bringing our little Hanna home.   There has been a lot of waiting along the way, too.  We waited for the right timing, we waited for the money, we waited for our papers to be approved, we waited for a referral and for government clearances and birth certificates and travel dates and now for a social report.   But now 12 years of waiting is about to be fulfilled.   This could be why I can't concentrate for more than 2 minutes, can't sit still and can't think straight.  It is because I am so incredibly excited to meet this little one that God placed in our hearts 12 years ago and has continued to fan the flame for over that time.   It is because I am in awe at Our Heavenly Papa who puts desires in our hearts, kindles them over the years and then delights at bringing those plans into fullness in our presence.   It is such a joyful and humbling privilege to partner with The Living God in what He is up to.

T-Minus 2 days and those 12 years of waiting will be fulfilled...

"Wait for the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land..." Psalm 37:34