Out of the Box

We had talked many, many times over the course of our almost 9 years of marriage about adoption. It was a matter of when, not of if, for us as we always knew we’d adopt. Each time we decided to look into it “again”, I would call for the information folder and anxiously wait for the materials to come. Once they arrived, we’d anxiously look over all the information, see the faces, reaffirm the need, and the God-given desire in our hearts. I secretly wanted one of the many information packets to include a type-written letter stating that our family was chosen to receive an adoption at no cost. “All fees waived, your child is waiting!” it could shout. Though, no letter ever stated that. Eventually, we’d see the fee schedule. It was always that darn fee schedule! We’d sink back into the defeated mind set of “it can’t be done now.” "Why does it have to be so expensive?" and so on. Essentially, we’d put God back in the little box we kept Him in about this whole adoption thing. Even after He had laid it upon our hearts...again and again...
We never realized that though until now.