Random Thoughts on this Monday

Another blogger posted the following quote "If our poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather, it is because neither you nor I are generous enough. It is because we are not instruments of love in the hands of God. We do not recognize Christ when, once again, He appears to us in the hungry man, in the lonely woman, in the child who is looking for a place to get warm." Mother Teresa. I think I have expressed in the past, and my friend at work makes it a point to me quite often how in the best of times, I rejoice in the Lord, but as stumbling blocks cross my path, I am the first to get angry and frustrated and forget that God has a plan for me and my family in all of this. In all my distress when K came home, this time around, I never lost sight of the fact that I could see this child was meant to be my daughter and that it would all work out, given time. This is pretty rare for me, that is, to see through the chaos and rationalize with myself that God has a plan for this little girl in our life. I never doubted for on second and I know today, that it was true all along. We began this journey to K in December of last year looking at the photos of 3 siblings from the DRC, while God lead us to the DRC, it wasn't those 3 siblings he was leading us to, it was K, he pointed, we followed, blindly (for the most part), and here we are with a beautiful daughter. At this point, one (and the one being me) would rationalize that blindly following God has been pretty good to us. That is we have 3 of the most amazing kids in the world! (I say world, because they are from all over the world, so of course that is a valid statement LOL!), I have a job that allows me to help people and we are blessed with family, friends and neighbors. What I find interesting in all this is that the more I relate my journey to God's will in my life, family and work, the more people come out of the woodwork and try and talk me out of it, by either rationalizing things away or developing their own theories on why something is the way it is. Where is this coming from I wonder? Does it make them uncomfortable that I profess the will of God in my life? Does it make them even more uncomfortable that I trust the will of God in my life? Is it a control issue? Or are they questioning their own faith and by doing so, question mine? To which I say, Lord, give me the blindfold, I am ready to follow you where ever you lead me.