What a Friend!

What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.

All the delays that we are experiencing getting our homestudy approved are getting me down. We finished over a month ago with the interviews or has it already been more than two months? And just when we get the last piece of paper in, everyone at the adoption agency goes on vacation. Really?!? Grrr. And with the December 3rd deadline fast approaching! If we don't get approval by then, we will have to redo a large portion of our homestudy.

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

I have been rather frantically racking my brain to find some way of staying home with my new son or daughter when they come and maintaining my share of the family income. I cannot stop working or we will have no way to pay all the bills. But I have trouble bearing the thought of finally having my child and spending the majority of my day away from him or her at work. And so far, I can find no way to stay home and still make money... enough money, anyway. Grrr. This will be a trying exercise in faith for me.

Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He'll take and shield thee;
Thou wilt find a solace there.