The Labor of Endurance

June 28, 2006
We received a phone call yesterday from Renee at the Seattle office. Our caseworker, Roxanne, from the Oregon office is on vacation this week, so Renee has been handling her cases for her. Renee called us to tell us about a birthmom who is looking for a family in Oregon. She told us a few details, and asked if we would be willing for our profile to be shown to her. We talked about it, called her back, and asked her lots of questions! She sweetly answered everything with her lovely English accent. We agreed to be shown, so our profile will be included when they meet with the birthmom next week.

This afternoon, I was reading during my lunch break, and came across this inspiring quote:

"In fact, sometimes it's the process itself- not the finished product- that becomes the actual harvest. Often in the labor of endurance we discover what we're made of and what we're in need of. To not grow weary in creative well-doing is to know that true fruitfulness is found not in success but in struggle. Faithfulness is what cultivates the creative soil needed to produce the crop- a harvest that smells strangely like the glorious, ripe grain of glory." - The Art of the Soul: Meditations for the Creative Spirit, by Joy Sawyer