Words to Live By

At the end of May we had to update all our info with our adoption agency.  At that time I realized that it has been 6 months since we were approved.  It's been a long and bumpy road and I'm sure there are more bumps ahead.  On the front of our church program there is always a quote printed from one of the general authorities from the church.  They are usually nice quotes and words to live by, but the one printed this last Sunday jumped out at me and I just wanted to share.

"Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears.  Patience means active waiting and enduring.  It means staying with something and doing all that we can- working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires or our hearts are delayed.  Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well."

-Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf