Voice of Truth

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says, "This is for my glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

This song by Casting Crowns has been an encouragement to me from a critical time at the beginning of our adoption process, when I was first beginning to realize the implications of what we were about to do. Every time I've heard this chorus since then in the past year it's brought tears to my eyes and reminded me of how God brought those words to me at a time of real need.

Tonight I was in the car by myself and Voice of Truth came on the radio. The first lines of the song began...

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes to climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand

As I heard the now familiar words of the first verse, I had this picture in my mind of Jesus holding out not one, but two hands, and He was holding Gwen out to me! It hit me so hard! Out where Jesus is, in the realm of the unknown... that's where Gwen is right now. We don't yet know what her coming will mean in our family, how it will stretch and change us. We strain our eyes, but we can't see that far.

I believe it will be good... I choose to listen to The Voice that tells me it is for His glory. And He will be right there with us, in the realm of the unknown.