Friday, November 7, 2008

A "Seuss-ism" to Celebrate

I have always loved Dr. Seuss books. Some of his lesser-known ones are some of his best, if you ask me. I read a phrase tonight to the kids... or rather, I TRIED to read it, but ended up giggling because I was totally, terrifically, turbulently tongue-tied. Yeah... YOU try to say it... out loud, without slowing down... and see if it's as easy as you think!! :)



"And now comes an act of Enormous Enormance!

No former performer's performed this performance!"


(taken from "If I Ran the Circus")



Clever, isn't it? Completely taken out of context, it somehow reminded me of God. He's the one who does enormous acts of importance, and who does things that we have never seen or even imagined! How great is our God!

Along those lines, let me just share a few ways that he's blown us over with mini-miracles in the last 3 weeks...


*Jason applied for his passport on October 21st. His passport ARRIVED at our house on October 31st!!! 10 days! That's incredible!

*We were given our fingerprinting appointment today after sending in the US Citizenry & Immigration paperwork just a week and a half ago! I don't know how long that usually takes, but I was NOT expecting it to be that fast!

*Our home study is virtually updated and re-done for Liberia (in just a two week period!) we are just waiting on our background check to be updated, and a few letters to be finished. So fast!

*In just 3 weeks, to the day, of deciding to move towards Liberia, God has accomplished ALL of this! It's really quite incredible to us!


Obviously, there is still a long road ahead, but we are excited to be able to testify to the Lord's goodness, even in these small (but HUGE to us) areas.


"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."
Ephesians 3:20-21


Praise to the one who does acts of "enormous enormance" and can out-perform any "former performance"!!







1 comment:

Maria the Great said...

i just have to say that we experienced the same swiftness of God's work when we obeyed and did what He had already planned for us. God will continue to provide and give you these feelings of great peace and joy, as long as we are following His will and looking to Him for guidance. yes, the wait may be long, but even through those times, He will provide peace and new experiences for learning. Thanks for the update and encouragement. I enjoyed the tongue twister too. :)