Great is Thy Faithfulness

Anyone who knows me will tell you it is no secret that I am a lover of music. Music, singing, and guitar (off an on), have played a role in every season of my life. The good times, the bad times, and all the times in between. My taste in music varies with my emotions. I will hop from genre to genre depending on my mood/season of life, and most of the time what I am listening to will have an affect on my mood. 

It is also a source I use to connect with God. I often feel Him speak to me through lyrics; this adoption journey has been no exception. As I mentioned in my last post, I am in a season of clinging to hope, and in order to do that I have to listen to music that fills me with hope. As I have been doing that, I have felt God remind me of his faithfulness: "You move mountains, you cause walls to fall" and that he his a fulfiller of promises "If he did it before, he'll do it again".  He has spoken to me about his greatness "My God is Big, so strong, so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do!"

But, today it hit me the hardest when I was listening to "Hope Will Rise" by Warr Acres

We stand here in your presence

Lifting up the name of Jesus 

A strong tower meant to save us

And now nothing will defeat us

We are boldly interceding 

For our children lost and bleeding

We'll see slavery bow to freedom

And the sick restored to healing

So we fight for those who've fallen

And we take back what's been stolen 

From our families shamed and broken

Hope will rise and hearts will open

We'll see joy defeat depression

Liberation from addiction 

For when we are at our weakest 

Then your power is completed! 

Faithful forever are you God, are you God

That line, "For when we are at our weakest, then your power is completed!" hit me SO hard. I definitely feel like I am at my weakest, but that next line, like sunshine after the rain reminded me of how mighty our God is. 

God sees me(us), he sees our hearts, he knows our pain in the waiting, but he hasn't forgotten us. His plan and timing are so, so, perfect. Even when we don't get it. 

So if you are going through the adoption process, or even the process of waiting, I want to encourage you, not only with this post but with a playlist. 

In my adolescent days I used to jokingly say that mixed CDs were my love language. I pretty much had a  mix CD for every mood/occasion. Ask my parents ( I may or may to have forced them to listen to all of them).  Well technology has advanced and Spotify is the new mixed CD lover's paradise.  I made a playlist on Spotify, called Adoption:Encouragement in the Waiting.


If you have Spotify (if you don't, I highly suggest you download it, it is AMAZING!) and are interested in listening to the music that has been encouraging me in this season of life, feel free to search for the playlist. There is a lot of worship music on there because that's where I ultimately find my encouragement, but there are songs from other genres as well. I hope you enjoy it and feel encouraged.



Speaking of music, our wonderful friends collaborated and wrote a song about our adoption journey. You can click here to hear the song, and if you feel led you can purchase and download it. It would mean the world to us if you shared it one your social media accounts. Thank you!