The Next Thing
When you don't know what to do, do the thing in front of you. Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing. Whatever that is, just do the next thing. God will meet you there. - Elisabeth Elliot After we got home from the trip of our second adoption match failure, we just carried on, by God's grace. We did the next thing. We prayed. We went to work. We submitted our profile for more potential adoption situations. We prayed. We cleaned and did laundry. We went on dates. We worshiped. We prayed some more. Life went on. We fixed our eyes on Christ and continued to serve God where we were. And strangely I felt mostly peace, right when I didn't think that was possible. It was a peace that surpassed all understanding. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known