In the midst~~

Well, as most of you have heard by now, a little boy that was adopted only last September from Russia by an American woman was put on a plane by himself and returned to Russia. Tomorrow, he turns 8 years old~~how sad that this has happened to him! Being abandoned twice~~I couldn't imagine the heartache! So, the Russian gov't is leaning toward considering stopping the adoptions to America. If people were truly in control, I might be fearful, sad, depressed, and hopeless. But, I know that my God is in control, and He knew beforehand that this precious little child of His would be abandoned, just as He has known abandonment also. The news is bad~~a little boy being abandoned! ! The atrocity of it! ! However, God is in control. We are instructed in God's word to be thankful in all situations, and I was telling God that I was thankful to Him in this situation, in spite of the repurcussions that could take place, and prevent our adoption. I wanted to make sure that I didn't let the evil one bring doom on my thoughts. It is a bit hard to always trust well~~the flesh can bring us down, and so Sunday in church as we were in quiet time, I was really struggling with this whole situation. God brought a reminder to me. John 14:1 says "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am so thankful for His word in my life. Diester and I are believing. We know God showed us that He would protect us through this, and we are believing Him. Praise God! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Adoptions do work, and bring children to their 'forever family'. We are believing God!