It is interesting, you know, this thing we know as the Holy Spirit. For those who are not Christ-followers, the whole thing must sound like a pretty crazy (I was going to us the word "cockamamie" but I didn't know how to spell it) idea. I mean really. Think about it. A Christ-follower describes that "the Spirit led them" or some such unusual statement. What is that supposed to mean anyway? However, if you are a Christ-follower, having the Spirit lead you is a pretty normal kind of thought. But then, you run into a conundrum of sorts. Is what you are feeling from the Holy Spirit, your own personal desire masking as something spiritual, or simply the extra-spicy chili? It makes it challenging to say the least. So you know what is coming next, right? Sure, you do.
This past week, I had a strange sense of need to complete our paperwork. It can't exactly be described as "urgency" though in some sense that describes it. I guess I think of urgency as being similar to emergency. The feeling was not a "I have to get this done now, or there will be really bad consequences" kind of feeling. It was more of a "Greg, it is time to get this done because I am doing a new thing in this process, and you need to be prepared" kind of feeling. Make sense? Well, it does to me anyway. And, thankfully to my wife as well.
That being said, we spent the last few days buckling down and working to complete our dossier. We are are nearly there. We have recommendation letters to obtain (a story in itself) and two forms from our home study agency. All of those things are on the way. We have also gotten needed info and notarization from our bank.
Who knows? Maybe the sense last week meant something. Maybe not. Either way, we continue down this road on which we have been led. It feels good to be nearing the end of the paperwork process.
