Faith Without Borders

"Guardianship sounds so final," he said with a sigh.
"Yeah. It kind of is."

God definitely delivers.  The answer to your prayers might not come packaged the way you expect it, but eventually it comes.  Before Nessa when we were "done" having kids, I would sometimes talk of adopting. E wasn't ever interested as three kids were plenty for him.  Then low and behold we had another and even my adoption thought waned.  Four was certainly enough for me.  For us.

And now we sit on the precipice of adding another to our already full nest just because He asked us to. How can we refuse helping to raise someone who has been abandoned by their mother?  I never really thought about the fact that an orphan lived among us.  I didn't have to because he was taken care of by Ernie's dad for as long as he could.  But now?  It would be so incredibly easy to avoid the nudging in my heart.  But would that be right? No.

 and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.' - Zechariah 7:10

It has been three months already.
People who know us probably see this as a natural extension of who Ernie and I are.
But the people who know us best see the question marks that color our future.  There are so many variables involved that we just can't focus on them and have to move forward.  There really is no other way to live, except by putting one foot in front of the other and doing our best to shower the love of Christ on a good kid who deserves every opportunity under the sun because he may have been orphaned by his mother but he belongs to God.  It is our duty to love him and the rest of God's plan for his life, for the part we play in it will be revealed.

I never would have expected this to be a part of our story.  And my crazy faith without borders KNOWS that God will use it for His glory and the ending will be so much grander than anything I could ever come to know on my own. My Oceans theme song has been for a reason.  For this season, most definitely.

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior

I will call upon Your name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours and You are mine

--Oceans, Hillsong

Update:  Power of Attorney papers have been signed.  Registration at a new school is complete.  We are in this for the long haul.  God's showed us our anything and we will be obedient.