"God is in the Details"

"God is in the Details”

God you are in all things especially the details.

We started our adoption classes for Impact 4 months ago. We started these classes with a different agency those many months ago. Our classes were to take place over a weekend.

I called my boss Evelyn on that Friday of our first class to check in about arrangements for Sam (whom I am a Nanny for). She asked me if I had heard of The Giving Tree? I think I had; but I had narrowed the agencies down to the one we would be attending our classes through. She told me she had recently received an email from her friend Allison announcing that she was now director of The Giving Tree.

On that Friday night we completed our first class. We left feeling a little apprehensive but thought we can do this "Whatever it takes". When we got home; we immediately noticed our dog Murphy did not greet us with his bark. Rusty called for him but he didn’t come. He wasn’t anywhere to be found and it was too dark and stormy to go door to door. On Saturday our first class was going to start at 9. We knew we couldn’t leave our home in case Murphy came home. I had hope; I figured someone had taken him in for the night and would return him the next morning. We made fliers and visited the dog shelter. By Sunday I was depressed. Our home wasn’t the same without our year old Murphy. The year before we had to put down our 10 year old dog Hunter. Murphy had brought such joy following one of the saddest times in my life. Now we were without our beloved dog and not any closer to finding our child. The following week was spent making fliers, sending our emails and contacting agencies and animal groups. Life had stopped and all I could think about was I have to find Murphy. Rusty was taking it hard also. He was hurting again and it felt familiar after having experienced so much loss before. Why another?
Rusty called out to God “Please return Murphy”.

A week had passed. Rusty was leaving at 4:30am to go to work. I had a dr’s appt that morning or I would have gotten up also. When Rusty was leaving he always whispered “I love you” I immediately woke up and said “I miss Murphy” he responded me too. He closed the door and gathered his stuff to take out to his car. He opened the front door and heard something in the bushes. He thought it must be an animal sleeping that he startled with the door opening. It then appeared that something was coming towards him. It was a dark shadow that came closer and finally revealed that it was Murphy. He had come Home!!! Rusty ran upstairs with Murphy. He opened the door to the bedroom shouting “Ask and you shall receive” Our prayers had been answered. Before I even saw Murphy I began balling. I will never forget that moment for the rest of my life.

Fast Forward 4 months; we changed agencies to The Giving Tree. We have now completed our adoption classes Impact. We don’t believe that all these events were a coincidence but God directing us toward our forever family.