Easter Egg Hunts and Curly Headed Friends

I have really had alot on my mind the past few days....hence the brief and light-hearted blog posts lately... For many people who choose to adopt, both spouses are immediately on board and they know exactly where they are going --be it domestic or international, one country or another--- and, for us, that just hasn't been the case! The big hurdle and outright miracle was the decision to adopt and now, it is like we are stuck on the small stuff...I feel led in one direction and Charles feels led in another, so what do you do with that??? I have prayed and prayed for unity and for whatever reason, it has not come...so, of course, I have to ask myself..Lord, is it me?? Am I too stuck on one thing to budge? Am I feeling led to a place or just feeling the need to be right??? I do, however, feel certain that God has called us to adoption and wholeheartedly feel that he has not called us to confusion...he is the author of unity and peace...so, could we possibly be so wrapped up in our own thoughts, so entangled in our own self absorption,(though good our intentions may be), that we are missing the bigger picture--that there is a child needing a home, that doesn't need to stay in the situation they are in another week, another day or--- is it just not time yet? I feel like we are at some kind of easter egg hunt looking for a HUGE egg and we are looking and it is so obvious but we just can't see it. We have gone and made out a map of the whole yard and analyzed every place the egg could be and and can not find it...I am sure we will look back on these days and laugh and think, man, we should've known God was up to something big, but we were so clueless!! Look how obvious it was....so, for now I am doing a little self-examination...after all, what we BOTH want is to do what GOD wants us to do with our lives. He is faithful....

On a lighter note, here are some sweet pics of Lucy, Jaret & Max from today. Our MMO was out and so I got to keep our little curly-headed friend:) They had a great time...Lucy was insistent that he be her baby...let's just say Jaret was less than into it;)




To God be the glory,