My Husband's Heart

It Is beautiful. 

And not just in a yeah, he's a good guy, he's a Christian kind of way. 

It is beautiful, in a  pure heart, true believer, Gospel sharing, awesome Husband, amazing Daddy, full of Christ's love sort of way.

Did I make myself clear enough? 

The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord      Isaiah 11:2 NKJV

I never thought any man could ever love our Lord and Saviour as much as my own Daddy does, but I have found one!!  He trusts God, and knows that the Bible IS the infallible word of God.  He seeks wisdom and guidance from the Holy Spirit always. The Holy Spirit in turn gives my husband the wisdom to teach and guide me in patience and trust. 
He has a boldness in Christ that I have always seen in my Daddy and I am proud to call him the leader of our home.  He is neither a harsh, nor selfish leader, and he grows in love and care for our family. Because of this, I have grown in willing and loving submission to my husband's leadership.

As with any Christian my husband has been through attacks from the devil, and the world, and even sinful flesh in its obvious forms.  But, because of his knowledge of God's word, those attacks will never work.  He spoke with someone earlier this week, and as the phone call progressed, he was talking about the bible and how it gives us instructions for our lives. After realizing that this person had no idea what he was talking about in the Bible, finally, he asked them, "Are you Christian?" (the very nature of the phone call suggested otherwise, so it needed to be asked) But, he was prepared for it.

¹⁶ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for

 reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be

 complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.  2 Timothy 3:16-17

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See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.  Colossians 2:8

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 ¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,^[a] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;  Ephesians 6:10-17

I thank God every day for my amazing husband. 

He is amazing only by the Grace of God. 

Sorry for the silence

I have been such a bad blogger lately.  I have been so busy that by the time I sit down and open my laptop to blog, I just kind of go limp. Physically, mentally, emotionally....limp.  It takes every bit of energy that I have left at the end of the day just to drag myself to the freezer and get three two one ice cream sandwich.  I keep telling myself that I don't want to be one of those bloggers who only blogs a couple of times and then just completely stops.  Of course, I have ran across a few of those, and it drives me nuts!  I want to know what happened, did they adopt? Get pregnant? Have a failed match? What happened??!!! I promise, I will not leave anyone hanging! 

However, after many days and nights of prayer and crying (on my part of course, I can't get Roger to cry no matter how hard I try....ha ha) Roger and I have decided to leave our current agency.  We had not turned in our paperwork to them yet.  We only had to get vaccinations updated for our dog Bear.  He has reactions to the shots, so I have to medicate him and take him on a Saturday so that I can watch him the rest of the day.  Well, EVERY single Saturday, something kept coming up.  In the meantime, we kept praying, and seeking God.  I have found several different couples in different phases of the adoption that are using our agency and they have nightmare stories to tell.  One couple in particular, the wife has become very dear to my heart. I actually have not known her very long, and I have only seen her a couple of times, but we talk often. When God puts someone in your heart, you can feel their pain, and I felt hers.  I prayed with supplication for our friends, our agency and our situation. 

And you know what? 

Do I even need to type it....

God answered.  As always! 

He put things and people in our path that made our way perfect. 

I am still praying for the agency and for all of the families that are in the different stages of adoption with them.  I have met some people who are really hurting and it breaks my heart for them. They have so much money tied up in this agency that they don't feel like they can leave.  Please help me to pray for them.

 Dear Heavenly Father, I ask that you bless the families going through trials during the adoption process, no matter what agency they are with. Minister to their spirit, and where there is pain and hurt, give them your mercy and healing. Where there is fear, reveal your love and give them courage. Raise up their spiritual leaders, and friends to support and encourage them. In Jesus' precious name I pray, Amen.