Hope

We made it home.  God did this.  He is our peace and He is perfect.  His timing and providence are  perfect.  One thing I was reminded of on our great journey is that though He is, we are not.  Much of my life (Katie) I have spent trying to get things as close to "perfect" as I can.  God is now showing me that I am not supposed to try to achieve perfection but that I am called to dwell in hope.  Looking out at this world we won't find perfection anywhere.  But we will find hope.  Hope exists in the dark places.  Perfect would have been for Josiah to have been born into a family that loved him perfectly and unconditionally.  He would have never been abandoned.  But on the darkest of days, God had a plan for this sweet boy and hope was there.  Now Josiah is ours.  He has the hope of a family who will always love and take care of him.  We won't be perfect parents, but we can have hope in God that He will be our help.

Hope, though, is not happy thoughts or ideas.  It is not an attitude or a decision.  Hope is a person.  Hope is found only in the redeeming work of Jesus Christ.  He came down into the darkness to shine hope.  He lived a perfect life, died on a cross for our sin, and was raised so that we could have hope to overcome sin and hope to overcome death.

This is a wonderful time of year to bring home our son.  Christmas is the beginning of hope.  It is the story of a baby born into darkness to bring us light.  It was the beginning of the kind of hope we can see with our own eyes and when I look at Josiah I see hope.  Thank you Jesus.  All glory belongs to you.

Isaiah 9:2 "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined."

Pictures of Josiah at home with us are coming soon!!!