Sown in My Heart: When the bottom drops out.

Feb 23, 2010

When the bottom drops out.

Today marks five months we've been trying to bring Lia home. How I wish she were home. To say the journey has been an uphill battle financially would be the understatement of the year. I have FAITH that somehow....someway God has a plan for us and things will look up soon. I'm praying daily for strength, guidance, and for the LORD to move in the hearts of those who would help bring Lia home.

I believe there must be a reason for all of this but today the "bottom dropped out" so to speak. I can't go into detail now for fear it may stall our adoption progress. But I'm begging all of you who read and followed our journey to PLEASE PRAY now.

I don't usually ask for help but we need all your prayers now more than ever before. If you have some spare time please get. on. your. knees. and pray for us, for Lia, for faith, for guidance, for strength, and peace in the midst of this storm.

I do believe everything will all work out. I know there is a reason for all this even though I can't make sense of it now and I hope to share the story someday of how your prayers moved this mountain.

In Him,

5 comments:

MandiFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Oh Amanda, you can count on prayers from me. I know too well about the "bottom dropping out." Please let me know if there is ANYthing I can do.

Hugs and prayers,
Mandi
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LisaFebruary 24, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Our enemy hates adoption and battles hard. Praise God, HE is bigger and has already won! I'll be praying like crazy!
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living4him5February 24, 2010 at 10:38 PM
I'm praying for you my sweet friend. PLEASE stay the course. The enemy is trying to keep Lia where she is as an orphan. GOD CAN AND WILL MOVE MOUNTAINS. HIS heart is for the orphan. You guys will have Lia home safe and sound. Ride the storm out and just wait to see what God has in store. He will bless you in ways you never thought possible. HOLD ON!!!

Love you!
Amy
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Faith, Hope, and LoveFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:07 PM
You are the 2nd one today who's bottom has dropped out. I am praying for your sweet Lia!! The enemy works overtime on these adoptions. Keep the faith and continue to praise God for bringing Lia home. He will!!!

Love and Blessings,
Robin
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TanyaLeaFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Oh Amanda~

I am more than happy to join the fight against the enemy! We know all too well what financial pressures loom in the adoption world. We still have a large sum of money needed before we travel, and are looking soley to the One who called us to see us through! Hang in there sweet one. Know this: "The One who calls you is faithful. He will make it happen." ~ I.Thes. 5:24

Put on the full armour and fight the good fight! Your sweetie is worth it!!!

Blessings and Hugs,
~ Tanya
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And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
~Hebrews 10:24

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
~James 1:27

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
~Psalm 91:1-2

Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
Be still in the presence of the Lord,and wait patiently for him to act.
~Psalm 37:5-7

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. ~Hebrews 10:32-36

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
~Hebrews 11:1

For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper not harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope.
~Jeremiah 29:11

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
~Proverbs 3:5-8

For this child I have prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked.
~1 Samuel 1:27

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
~1 Peter 5:6-7

A FATHER to the FATHERLESS and protector of widows is God in His holy dwelling. God places the LONELY IN FAMILIES and gives the desolate A HOME in which to dwell
Ps 68:5-6

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
~John 15:5

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
~Phil 4:13