Our children have been raised embracing the faith of a loving God. They understand that what we want is not always going to be God's will for us. They also believe in praying for what you want and then trusting God to do what He thinks is best for you.
This morning I had to go to the photocopiers to copy the application (and many, many papers that accompanied it) for Hope Services. After I had copied it I went to the post office with my stamps and envelope and went in to mail it. I was almost at the counter when I realized I had forgotten the most important part. We had not prayed over it. So out to the car I went.
I only had the three little ones, so they were all lined up in the middle seat of the van, in their car seats. I reminded them that we hadn't prayed for the paperwork that was going in. I put the envelope on Briton' lap. He was sitting in the middle carseat. All the little boys put their hands with mine on the envelope. Cooper crunched up his eyes real tight, as did Austin. Briton sat there and looked wideeyed while we prayed.
After I finished praying for safe delivery and that the agency would think we were an awesome family to adopt, and that they considered our financial situation adequate, Austin spoke.
He said, "I know God's gonna give us the girl, cause you know, it's in your heart."
The sweet faith of a child. He can see through our prayers how much this means to us. Austin has absolute faith that with our sincere desire to do something that can only glorify God (to adopt a child needing a home), that He will fulfill the desires of our hearts.
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