the courage to be obedient

I was reading just now. I have a daily email devotional from Proverbs 31 ministries. They simply come to my inbox and whenever I get a chance (God of course knows exactly when), I open the next one. During this process, I have known that my call is to follow Him, to be obedient and do as He leads. So today, the devotional was about how God calls people who aren't extra talented, extra gifted, with lots of money, fame or beauty, but who are plain, imperfect people that will choose to be obedient. Remember, what He has planned is for His glory alone, not ours.

That makes me laugh, because I know that of all the moms I know, I am far (or perhaps last) from the best. It can only be for his glory, so that is the reason He chose me to do this crazy thing that the world will not understand.

I am so afraid to do this...

OK, so here goes...I am neither a typist nor a writer, but in order to document what God has been doing in our family, I have decided to do a blog. gulp.  I have really loved reading others' blogs on their adoption processes, and since people have started to ask to hear our story, here it is..