Well, life has been interesting this past year. December 25th will mark the one year anniversary of inheriting our 6th child. Austin came to us after his mother, Tina, passed away from a short 2-month battle with Leukemia. Tina, Keith's sister, received Austin from the state of Alabama to foster him. She continued to not know the final decision on his living situation for 2 1/2 years. Finally, she was able to adopt him, and he officially became a "Noles". He continues to be a Noles in our home, too. We have brought him in our family and called him our "son".
As I said...maybe "interesting" isn't the most descriptive word to use in this situation. Things have gradually been getting tougher. He has been required to live his life to a totally different standard...and it has caused many issues to be revealed...not only in his life, but in mine and Keith's, also. We have prayed, read Scriptures, refered to life stories...and then prayed MORE. It seemed the more we tried to do what we thought God wanted us to do...the harder he would fight against us.
For whatever reason, God decided to peel back the scales on his spiritual eyes and ears, and He allowed him to hear our heart's desires for him and his future. This past Wednesday, Keith and I had a conversation with him that really contained nothing we hadn't said to him at some point...but because of God's life-changing power, it seemed to make sense this time. His heart appears to have begun to change. We continue to pray that his relationship will only grow deeper. We explained to him that if his relationship with God wasn't strong...then when he and I's relationship became difficult, there would not really be any motivation to work on it. We told him it's because we want to please God that we work on relationships when times get tough.
So for the past 2 days not only has he finished all of his schoolwork, he has asked me to help him and asked me to pray that he will not be distracted.
GOD IS SO GOOD!!
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