And provides...

God is so good and we continue to praise and thank Him for His provision for our adoption! We had another check come in yesterday for $150 towards our adoption. That's about $2090 raised! Praise God for His faithfulness and grace towards us! We are incredibly humbled that friends and family would give to help bring Jasmine home. It was an incredible week of unexpected provision and encouragement. We continue to trust and pray for the rest of the monies needed and can't wait to see how God brings everything all together.

We had another incredible morning of worship at our new church. Not as intense as last week but some amazing moments once again. One of the songs called "Here in Your Presence", had some powerful lyrics that I wanted to share.

Found in Your hands, fullness of joy
Every fear suddenly wiped away here in Your presence
All of my gains now fade away
Every crown no longer on display, here in Your presence
Heaven in trembling in awe of Your wonders
the kings and their kingdoms are standing amazed

Chorus:
Here in Your presence, we are undone
Here in Your presence, Heaven and Earth become one
Here in Your presence, all things are new
Here in Your presence, everything bows before You

Bridge:
Wonderful, beautiful, glorious, matchless in every way
Wonderful, beautiful, glorious, matchless in every way
Wonderful, beautiful, glorious, matchless in every way
Wonderful, beautiful, glorious, matchless in every way

We can sing these praises because Jesus came to earth, fully God and fully man. It is because of His life and death and resurrection, that we can have this kind of relationship with the God of the universe. How amazing and humbling! The God of the universe wanted to have a relationship with us and so He sent His precious son. Why? Because a baby isn't scary. We love because He first loved us.

And in Him, all things are made new. Praise God! We hope this Christmas season is one of the most special times you've ever had because of the REAL meaning.