One step closer!

We sent our I600A forms off yesterday!!! It was such a sweet relief and also really sobering. It was our first big chunk of moola toward the adoption, which is very exciting but can tend to feel like jumping into a cold pool with your clothes on. I am so glad it ended up being yesterday and not Monday. I was feeling more anxiety on Monday and really felt as though the stuff to do for the adoption was starting to become something "I MUST do" in order to have joy. I could tell, by idolatrous signs coming from my sinful heart, that I was not being worshipful through the process. I am glad the Lord made some road blocks (I couldn't get a-hold of someone at our agency to answer a few questions I had before I sent it out...timing worked out bad with the boys...etc), because the Lord dealt with me and encouraged me so I was able to send it off with a sense of rest in him and joy even if things aren't in my time-line. He sweetly reminded me of the work of the cross and that this whole thing is about that: glorifying him and his gospel as we walk through every step of this adoption. It's so easy to have anxiety and I can easily be tempted to feel like I am in control of this process because there's so much to be done on our end in order for things to happen but God is the one doing all things for our good and for his glory. What comfort this brings! I can rest in him and prayerfully roll my concerns onto him while completing paperwork and tasks joyfully. You can pray I will do this better!I am thankful that God has seen fit to work in my heart more holiness through all of this...I have a strange feeling I will grow in patience! ;o) The picture above is me trying to get my camera on the self-timer mode while rounding up the boys and trying to get a half-descent shot before we took the forms to FedEx, thus the blur in a bit of the picture. We are excited to be one step closer!