Focus on Obedience

The past couple of months have been an interesting time for our family. In many ways, life has simply gone on. There’s school and work and church and extended family, dance classes and Halloween costumes and Juliet reaching new baby milestones. Normal, everyday stuff.

But of course, we had hoped to be blogging gleefully from the Bronx by now, so frankly, we’re not exactly where we want to be. But despite that disappointment, we are trying to focus on the positives and on the confidence we have in our calling. We do have some days when we don’t know how in the world God is going to provide all of our remaining support, and a mild panic arises within us (OK, maybe just in me – Greg), but we know that the work He started in us He will bring to completion.

In the midst of this waiting period where I can see God point us is to this: Focus on obedience. Do what you know to be right. Even if emotions get stuck, or if they succumb to a gnawing doubt, focus on obedience. We are not forgotten, we are not alone. Last Sunday at church, we got prayed for twice: once in Sunday School and then by our pastor during the service. They weren’t planned or requested, but they were encouraging reminders that we are not walking alone or in vain.

Focus on obedience. The grandest lessons are often the simplest.

This post is short and long in coming, so please forgive us. We hope to do a better job of keeping in touch in the future. Please continue to pray for us, that we would stay the course and be obedient, and that more supporters would come forward.

Just for cuteness' sake: Juliet is still a bit small for her high chair