Still Amazed

ISAIAH 55

       “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!”

       Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?  Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.  “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

       I still stand amazed at the miracles surrounding this process.  I still stand amazed at the generosity and Love of others who I don’t even know.  I still stand amazed that I serve a God who knows my needs more than I do, and whose ways are so much higher than my own. 

       I had a lunch meeting with a good friend today who wants to plan a fundraiser and help with our adoption journey using the talents God has given her.  We were supposed to meet at her house, but as most of us as mothers know, our houses are never cleaned.  So, to spare each other from dirty houses we decided to meet at chick fil a.  While my friend was in line she stood behind a mother of a few kids, who were all American children and in the midst of all her beautiful white children, was a beautiful African baby whom she had adopted.  My friend began talking to her and telling her of our journey, and that we too would be welcoming a beautiful brown baby into our home very soon.  As she began to tell her story, my friend told her ours.  As I arrived and sat down to meet my friend for a fundraiser planning lunch, she smiled with tears in her eyes and handed me a check for a considerable amount of money that the stranger she had just met in line, left for me.  By God’s plans we were in chick fil a today, and by God’s plans so was this generous stranger, and by God’s plans our paths crossed today, and He used her to continue to justify this path for us.  He continued to show us Mercy, He continued to show us He will provide in ALL things as long as we are being obedient to His plans.  I serve a God that shows up and shows out, and in the meantime provides for us in such unconventional ways that I can’t comprehend. I will treasure all these moments in heart for years to come.  And once again I am reminded God has overwhelmed me again and this sweet baby isn’t even home yet.  Ah, what is ahead for us!