Salzwedel Family Adventures: Praying for Clear Direction

Monday, March 24, 2008

Praying for Clear Direction

Lord we pray for clear direction as we move forward in our calling to serve you.

I will praise You Lord my God
Even in my brokenness
I will praise You Lord
I will praise You Lord my God
Even in my desperation
I will praise You Lord

And I can't understand
All that You allow
I just can't see the reason
But my life is in Your hands
And though I cannot see You
I choose to trust You

Even when my heart is torn I will praise You Lord
Even when I feel deserted I will praise You Lord
Even in the darkest valley I will praise You Lord
And when my world is shattered and it seems all hope is gone
Yet I will praise You Lord

I will trust You Lord my God
Even in my loneliness
I will trust You Lord
I will trust You Lord my God
Even when I cannot hear You
I will trust You Lord

And I will not forget
That You hung on a cross
Lord You bled and died for me
And if I have to suffer
I know that You've been there
And I know that You're here now

Even when my heart is torn I will trust You Lord
Even when I feel deserted I will trust You Lord
Even in the darkest valley I will trust You Lord
And when my world is shattered and it seems all hope is gone
Yet I will praise You Lord

2 comments:

livingpurereligion said...: Praying with you!; March 25, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Katy said...: Even when it seems like your prayers are not being heard, they ARE! Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all of your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Beautiful song....:); March 25, 2008 at 11:20 PM

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Faith is BELIEVING the Word of God and acting on it no matter how I feel, believing that God will bring a good result.

Faith is not a belief that everything will turn out to please us; rather it is the confidence that no matter how things turn out, God will somehow use the events in our days for His glory and for our good.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Faith is being willing to trust God - turning your hopes and problems over to Him and trusting in His wisdom - and knowing that somehow everything will turn out for the best. No matter how difficult or dark things become, there is always a light.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

Timeline

Fall 2007: Called to adopt from Haiti. Plan to adopt from COTP
11/15/07: 1st Home Study Visit
2/7/08: 2nd Home Study Visit
2/26/08: 3rd Home Study Visit
Feb 2008: Saw Anchise on Website
3/14 - 3/15/08: Adoption Education Training Program
3/26/08: Applied to Three Angels
5/13/08: Received approval from Three Angels for Anchise
6/18/08: Mailed in I-600A to USCIS
6/25/08: Dossier to Translator, Documents to Secretary of State for Authentication
6/27/08: Authentications Received
6/28/08: Stephanie Passport Received
7/5/08: Translations Received, Documents to Haitian Consulate for Legalization
7/7/08: Jeff Pasport Received
7/9/08: Documents Arrive at Haitian Consulate
7/14/08: Documents back from Haitian Consulate
7/30/08: Fingerprinting
8/16/08: I-171H Received
9/29/08: Filed I-600 in PAP
11/3/08: Anchise taken back by birthmom
1/26/09: Start making inquiries to Ghana programs
2/20/09: Commit to adopting Mercy
4/30/09: Dossier on it's way to Ghana
6/3/09: Receive I-171H with Country Change
8/21 - 8/28/09: Travel to Ghana
8/27/09: Court Date - Mercy is Legally Our Daughter!