my God will meet all your needs

Philippians 4:19 (NIV)

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

BigSister's adoption is covered. Completely covered. Nothing more to worry about. No more donation button. Never to be spoken of again. Covered.

I've been getting donations. $10 here, $20 there. My cousin sent $500, and threatened to send more. I have not been worrying about it at all. I knew that we would get it paid for - one way or another.

I got a call last night from one of our elders wanting to know what the adoption was going to cost. Total.

I told him the truth. That we don't really know, yet. That Cousin is still making calls and researching and trying to make it cheaper. But that it might end up being about $2000 just for home visits.

But that we already had money saved and that we were going to be fine.

Well!! Little did I know!!

The church is covering the rest. Apparently someone from church reads my blog. Apparently they discussed the adoption with leadership. Apparently people have been making decisions for me without telling me. Because it has been discussed, approved, and handled.

He wouldn't even let me argue with him. The church has given us money before. (That was SUPPOSED to be a loan, but then they wouldn't let us pay them back.) I was NOT gonna ask them. I hadn't even mentioned it to anyone except Nyla - who knows everything about me.

But they took over. They made their minds up. I was told, when I started to argue, "No. It's done! That's it! Worry about something else."

I can't think of anything else to worry about, so I guess I'll just focus on being thankful.

Thank you, God, for supplying our every need. Thank you for knowing what it is we need and when we need it and when to force us to accept help. Thank you for a loving family who helps us so much and thank you for the church, who builds us up, helps carry our loads, and lifts our burdens. Thank you, God, most of all for the adoption. You know how much Steve and BigSister belong together and how important this is to our family - and You made it happen. Thank you. In Jesus Name, amen

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