Most everyone has heard this already, but I'm trying to keep our blog updated just for a timeline of our adoption this past year. Last Friday morning, we received the call that we have a court date! We will finally get to see our sweet boy's face and hug his neck! We will appear before a judge in Ethiopian courts on November 21st! Sean and I had originally been planning to catch a matinee on Friday, but after getting this news, we couldn't even think about concentrating on a movie. We were giddy with excitement and spent the whole day talking about the reality that our son was going to be in our arms soon! It was also a timely reminder that God is always working on our behalf. We had so wanted an earlier court date just so Levi could get home by Christmas(remember we have to go twice so he will not come home with us after this first visit). At the same time, we had also been concerned that if we did go in October it might coincide with our oldest son's graduation from the USAF, which we didn't want to miss. God reminded us that even if that happened, He knew all the details and was always acting on behalf of His will and our good. We just surrendered that to Him and asked Him for the faith to trust. I have to say I was more than grateful that we get to have these special times with BOTH our sons!
I love how God continuously is teaching us about His timing that occurs because of His love. I couldn't help but think of a people waiting for deliverance, and wondering if the time might ever come for their answered prayer . And then.....
"But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law. Thus we have been set freeto experience our rightful heritage. You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, 'Papa! Father!' Doesn't that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you're also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance." Gal 4:4-6
