Withhold...

Withhold: 

Refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another): "the withholding of consent to treatment". Suppress or hold back (an emotion or reaction).

It was one Sunday morning a few months ago in the midst of a discouraged-haven't-heard-anything-in-a-while waiting month, the Lord reminded me:

I'm not withholding her from you......

If I'm honest, these are thoughts that pop up from time to time...

*There are things the Lord is working on in me & until fill in the blank is conquered and done THEN He'll send her...

*Surely we need to get my #3's out-of-control behavior under control before He'll send her...

*Roger and I have a few things that still need to be sanctified in our marital relationship before she'll come....

*I've given up on the needing to be in a better spot financially one before she gets here... that will NEVER happen ;)

*How in the WORLD can we add another crazy to the mix of the 3 we have now. We need to get a better handle on them before He'll send her....

These are just to name a few.

But here's the truth...

The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

Ps 84:11b

By now you know this adoption is something the Lord specifically called us to do as a family. This has NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING to do with how good or "right" we are. The only good you see in us is Jesus. 


SHE, however, our Lily is good. 

And He is NOT withholding her from us. He's not refusing to send her. He's not dangling her over our head as a reward to get things "right" or "better" before He decides it's time.


{Repeat out loud to yourself Kimberly Ann.}

He doesn't withhold good things from those who do what is right!

He knows the exact date we'll get the email.
The date we'll travel.
The date she'll be in our arms.
The date she'll step foot in this house.

He's not keeping her from us. It's not in His character.

Has He called you to something and you are waiting for it?
He's not withholding/refusing to give it/him/her to you.

Wait on Him...

May the things of Earth grow strangely dim in the light of His glory & grace,

Kim

This was taken out of the van window while we were traveling in South Africa one year ago this week...