Just as Much

by Ruth

Hopeless.  Defined by dictionary.com - "impossible to accomplish".

Is that the right word to describe where we are at in our adoption process?

We were short on time when we started the process just over a year ago, and we knew it would be a challenge and that God would have to do a miracle or two for things to happen in time.   And that was BEFORE there was a temporary suspension placed on inter-country adoptions by the Minister of Women & Children’s Affairs in Ghana.

Right now we have about 10 weeks left before it will be too late to file our paperwork.

Hopeless?

Some sure seem to think so.

Jeremiah – the “weeping” prophet, called to minister to Israel when they were at one of their lowest points in history.  Tough job.  And he got to the point where he simply asked, “God, can I trust you?”.

Jeremiah 15:18 – “Why is my pain unending and my wound grievous and incurable?  You are to me like a deceptive brook, like a spring that fails.”

If you haven’t asked this question in your life as of yet, chances are at some point you will.

Job, the man who lost his possessions, family and health, also struggled with this question.

“Does it please you to oppress me, 
to spurn the work of your hands,
 while you smile on the plans of the wicked?” (Job 10:3)”

And yet, in Job 13:15 we find him saying “Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.”

Really?  Wow.  Now that IS faith.

Mark Batterson says in “The Circle Maker” – “the more opposition we experience, the harder we have to pray, and the harder we have to pray, the more miracles God does.”

We are praying a circle.

We are praying through.

We are praying harder.

We are praying like this depends on God.  Because it does.

But has our situation become hopeless?

We came to the realization we have NO LESS hope than on the day we began this process.

Why?  Although perspectives and circumstances have changed and obstacles have come, God has NOT changed.  His power is still unlimited, and He is still able, and He CAN perform big miracles.