It's in the details

So. I've heard it said many times before that God is in the details.

Those little things that fall into place that seem uncanny, but you know are in NO WAY an accident? Well, we've had some of these along the way, and I thought it would be fun to share them!

Like when this happened.

Or this - although you have to read all the way to the end to get to the good detail stuff AND I didn't even go into all that was amazing at the time.........getting the scarf as a gift from my friend who had just come back from Ethiopia, the DAY that I was already blogging about the scarves? Neat enough - but what I also didn't say was that took place the first day a different group of friends and I were starting our clothes "fast" in the study 7 (An experimental mutiny against excess). I was going to be wearing only 7 articles of clothing for two weeks. I had a jacket, pair of jeans, pair of comfy pants, 2 short sleeved shirts, a long sleeved shirt and A SCARF picked out to wear, the day this happened was literally day 1. The scarf that was the EXACT same color scheme as the the scarf that I had planned to wear for the duration - meaning that it already matched everything I had chosen. It was SO amazing to be able to wear something that had meaning and because it happened day one (rule follower that I am) I could swap it out with the scarf I had chosen, because I'd not yet worn it. I probably can't explain it totally so that it makes sense, but it was mind boggling how the timing of the blog post, starting that 7 fast, meeting my friend, same color scheme all played out. I was left awed. 

So I shouldn't have been surprised at all when after waiting for 9 months for a new referral, Little Miss's actual Ethiopian name would be SO incredibly close to the name we'd had picked out for over a year, that we would just keep the one she came with :) 

I also shouldn't have been surprised when I met her in person for the first time, that when she turned her head, I saw this......

A folded ear - shockingly like my husbands. None of my biological children have inherited this from their dad. But there I sat. IN ETHIOPIA. With our daughter........who has my husband's ear. 

Insane.

Little Miss also has a dimple on just one side of her face when she smiles.

Which is the exact same side as her dad's and Tori's one dimple.

Little Miss also has a dimple in her chin.

Just like Jason, two of our bio kids & I.

God is good. He is in the details. This adoption story still feels far from over since Little Miss isn't yet in our arms. However, I know this much, God has wowed me beyond belief already (even though his timing was different then mine), and I can't wait to see what else He has in store for my family and this precious little girl!