Whispers From God

Hello! Its Brooke again


This year I grew not only as a person, but also spiritually.  I had all the opportunities to grow closer to God.  Something I'm not sure I've really tried to do before.  During all of my retreats, conventions, ect.  I learned the following:


1) Our eyes are open to God very few times in life, those times are where the most powerful lessons are learned.  However, as humans we can only see the true essence of His glory for a brief amount of time. That is why these moments last for mere seconds.


2) As much as we want to control our lives, we will never be able to completely because God is the one with the plan for us.  As long as we trust in Him and His word, He will lead us to the road we need to see. The road that will lead us to our place in life through blind faith. 


3) God does not place temporary things in our lives (thanks Jenna Lucado!)


4)We cannot complain about God not telling us where to be in life when we are not paying attention to the tugs on our hearts. Tugs become whispers and the whispers become messages. Messages from God.


I have learned much, especially about God's Brooke, not the Brooke I thought I was.  I understand that God speaks to me through words, my language of love. 


On my first retreat I learned to pray.  I prayed through my writing, in a journal.  About half a year ago I was worried about the adoption.  So, in a prayer cave on top of a rainy mountain I wrote in my journal. I asked God about my fear, the fear I didn't understand.  I waited.  I listened.  I opened the bible.  I pulled the bible open to a random page.  The first random line I read was:


GOD PLACES THE LONELY IN FAMILIES~ psalms 68:6


Not so random huh? Every fear I have had about welcoming a little brother into our family vanished. My eyes were wide open in those few seconds as I saw God.  I believe in Him, I believe in this adoption. Every time my faith starts to shake, God has been there to teach me in ways I never could imagine. Every time my faith in this adoption started to quake it all came down to those words:


God places the lonely in families...


because I knew Boo was the lonely little soul in the world, and we were the family that God placed with him.  So now without a shadow of doubt I can happily say.....


"Hello Boo, welcome to the family." :)