What now?

I woke up this morning looking for inspiration of some kind. I was listening to the song, "Your Name" by Phillips, Craig, and Dean. Someone else might be famous for it but this was what popped up on youtube. Anyways this verse seemed to reach out and grab me, "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart." Psalm 91:4. For many reasons this verse means a lot to me. I really can't put it in words but it just puts a smile on my face. I haven't blogged in a while because I just couldn't think of anything to write. Life seems to be going along as we WAIT. I feel like our life is kind of on hold while we wait for a match with our child. Now that is not to say we aren't getting out there and doing stuff but it just seems like until our family is complete we are in transition. I am sure alot of adoptive families can relate. Some great friends of mine want to do a fundraiser for us but we want to wait until we get matched with a child. So you see. . . that is on hold.

In the mean time I am reading a fabulous book, Radical, by David Platt. I am half way thru and just realized that the guy is only 32. WOW!!! The book shakes me to the core. It seems like what I am reading I have been thinking about previously so it's kind of crazy in that way. You see... he is getting back to the Bible basics--not our American dream with a little of God's word mixed in. The wild thing is I also just found out that he and his wife adopted their children. He practices what he preaches. On a typical day 26,000 children die of starvation and preventable disease. That is 26,000 Jarons.  It's sad because there are many ---TONS-- of us who don't even know or really think about it because --well.. it doesn't directly effect us. I used to be one of these people. I just went thru the motions of life and I was selfish and if it didn't effect me, it must not matter.  Well I am glad to say I got a healthy dose of awareness.  I just want to share it with everyone that doesn't know. How do I do that??? That is where I am now. How do Mike and I teach our children to be aware and do something about it? How do I not want to strangle the person that tries to tell me that their biggest problem right now is deciding what country club to join?

Anyways that is my latest. . . until next time.