For HIS Goodness, by HIS Mercy

Today in church, we sang a song called "Today is the Day" by Lincoln Brewster.  Our Paster taught on Psalm 23 in his Psalms of Summer series.  Together, they placed a large conviction on my life that the infertility journey we are on is for HIS goodness, and by HIS mercy.

The song lyrics talk about giving our hopes and dreams to Jesus, of rejoicing in today without worrying about tomorrow, and knowing that all He has in store for us is GOOD.  David's prose in the Psalm reminds us that "surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."  God's goodness includes everything about himself - his wrath, his compassion, his judgement, his discipline, his grace - it's ALL good.  And Pastor's closing message to the body was that if there's anything in our life that we are dwelling on, that we are letting control us, that we are allowing to drown us in the valley of death even though we personally know our Conquerer - that we need to bring this before God and call it HIS goodness and HIS mercy.

So there you have it.  My own personal convictions of today.  Song lyrics below (you can listen here) - which are my deepest cry to God - that these would become REAL in my life.

I'm casting my cares aside

I'm leaving my past behind

I'm setting my heart and mind on You

Jesus

I'm reaching my hand to Yours

Believing theres so much more

Knowing that all You have in store for me is good

Is good

Chorus:

Today is the day You have made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

Today is the day You have made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

And I won't worry about tomorrow

I'm trusting in what You say

Today is the day

I putting my fears aside

I'm leaving my doubts behind

I'm giving my hopes and dreams to You

Jesus

I'm reaching my hand to Yours

Believing there's so much more

Knowing that all You have in store for me is good

Is good

Days Gone By

Phew.  It does surprise me sometimes how how it's been since I have written anything here.

Our first adoption class is less than a week away, and we'll travel to the nearby big city on Friday for our introduction.  Classes are this Friday-Saturday, and then again on the 26th-27th.  We are looking forward to a time of being overwhelmed by information, and hopefully opening our hearts and minds to exactly what God has for us.  It's been a long time coming - the adoption packet has been sitting in our kitchen drawer since May, waiting for an opportunity to learn more...

It's a little bit scary.  It's a little bit awesome.  It's a little bit...well...like God's game and not ours.

"So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.  For in just a very little while,
      'He who is coming will come and will live by faith.  And if he shrinks back, I will not be
       pleased with him.'
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."
HEBREWS 10:35-39