No word about The Perfect House yet.

All these events have gotten me thinking again about waiting, trusting in the Lord, and believing God has a perfect plan that will play out in His Time.

It’s a good reminder because, really, this house business is trivial stuff compared to what some people are waiting for.

Like to become a mother. For a child to get out of surgery and to know everything went well. To see how God is going to grow your family. For a social worker to call with news. To be chosen to parent a baby through the miracle of adoption. To see two pink lines on a pregnancy test. To hear the final diagnosis from a doctor. For baby to be born. To find a spouse and marry.

Yeah – I know my waiting today is nothing compared to all that, because I was once waiting to find my spouse, waiting for two lines, waiting to be chosen and to see how God was going to grow my family.

And this house business has just reminded me that God is a part – desires to be a part – of every single aspect of our lives, big or small.

And we can come to Him and trust Him with every single aspect of our lives, big or small.

I shared that my first reaction was one of worry concerning this house and how I was so struck that I would actually choose worry over trust, especially after all I have seen God do throughout my journey through infertility and adoption.

I will always be human and as a human our first instinct is to worry. It’s what comes natural.

Good news is, I don’t have to stay in a state of worry for long!!!

Because I do know so much I didn’t know just five years ago. Well, actually, I did know it.

I know God is in control of everything.

I know God has a perfect plan for my life.

But now, I understand it.

I’ve seen Him work His miracles, not once but twice.

It really does make it easier to trust Him on something like this house. My attitude since writing that post yesterday has been that if this is our house, He is at work opening the doors for us to get in. And if this is not the house He has for us, He is at work closing the doors for us to get in because He has something better, something more.

That theme of Something More is something I can take with me the rest of my life and apply to every single situation that I find myself anxious over an outcome or worrying over whether something will happen, or not.

God is in control. He has a plan. And if something, right now, doesn’t seem to be going “right” it’s just because Something More is around the corner.

There is always hope and peace when you are truly trusting the Lord!

He’s Got This. (He’s got whatever is on your heart today, too. Trust Him.)

- Elaine