Beautiful Things

Today marks 5 months since we brought our precious girl home! This sums up my feelings and has been running through my head all day. Beautiful Things Gungor "Beautiful Things" All this pain I wonder if I’ll ever find my way I wonder if my life could really change at all All this earth Could all that is lost ever be found Could a garden come up from this ground at all You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us All around Hope is springing up from this old ground Out of chaos life is being found in You You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us You make me new, You are making me new You make me new, You are making me new You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us I remember listening to this song sometimes over and over while we were waiting, praying and praying that the day would come when our chaos and brokenness was healed. I am so overwhelmed that it has been 5 months. In the words of my sister-in-law "It feels like the hole she filled has been healed so much longer than 5 months". I can not express how much we love being her parents and how much every little thing thrills my heart. A few days ago, she stood on my leg as she kept giving me "kisses" and every time it dawns on me that we get to experience our first Christmas my heart jumps and I just about can't stand it. I'm so thankful that our "dust" is now turned into a "beautiful thing".