Meeting Grace Halfway

Early on in the process of adopting I realized that there was one thing that Tony and I did not have in order to complete the adoption. Yes, we have the desire to love and care for a child, we have the space for them in our home, we have food in our fridge and cupboards, we have child care lined up and we have all the other important things ready for baby when he or she comes home. Sure, we also have passed our background checks, been fingerprinted, done tons of paperwork and will be able to complete all the rest as we go. There's just one thing that we will fail to do on our own...

to provide all the funds needed
to complete this adoption 
by the time we leave for Uganda.

But from the start I also kept hearing that Voice I know so well repeating a promise that I have continued to doubt, saying...

"I'll meet you halfway."

Last week I was reminded of this promise yet again when we found out that we needed more work done on our home study -  a good chunk of work that would cost a pretty penny, (or technically, a few hundred-thousand pretty pennies)...

I was devastated.

For those of you who don't know, we've been in the process of switching agencies for a few months now; the process has been more difficult than I care to describe, and there have been many breakdowns because of this. Now, after we finally thought we were just about to get past it, we found ourselves in one more bind that would cost more than we planned...

folks, adoption is not cheap to begin with.

And here we were with even more to come up with financially. It's not to say adoption isn't worth it -I'd pay any amount to bring home our child- and we knew the choice to switch agencies was right. God in His goodness planned this adoption, and I knew that, but I was having trouble seeing past this new bill to pay and weary having to take this uncharted, next step to the process...

"But He said to me, 'My grace is

all you need. My power works best
in weakness...'" 2 Corinthians 12:9

His grace is enough. The very next day our new agency contacted us to say they would help us front the new, surprise cost...

they said they'd meet us halfway.

Friends, don't ever doubt that when God calls you to do something that He will leave you hanging. Too many times I have done this now, but time and time again God has reminded me of His promise -to get us at least halfway to that (gigantic) amount needed to bring home Baby Cormican- and He's doing it! Through your donations, gifts, our fundraising efforts, and more, God is meeting us halfway...

He meets us exactly where He's promised to meet us.

"...The Lord always keeps his promises; He is
gracious in all he does." Psalm 145:13