Stepping Out

The other day as the boys and I were driving around and listening to the awesome music of Group 1 Crew (because that is how we roll in our Swagger Wagon) the song "Stepping Out" came on.  I have heard this song many times and every time I listen to it, I think about my daughter and the leap of faith that adoption is. 

It took us about 2 years of thinking and praying about adoption before we felt ready to commit to it.  It took a lot of wrestling with God and asking questions before we felt that we were able to just give it to Him and trust Him.  We felt that He was leading us down the path of adoption, and had for some time, but not completely consciously.  However, we realized that it was a hard road!  We knew the wait would be long, it would be expensive, and all adoptive children will come with a hard history and a past.  That road seemed scary to me!  It was a really hard thing to "Step out" as the song says.  It was hard to let God use us however he was going to use us and to stop "shutting out his voice" when he called us to hard life choices.  

I love that the song talks about just trusting Him, just follow Him!  If he is leading you...do it!  "If you fall...it's in his hands".  I want to be His to use.  That is how I want to live my life, no matter how scary it is.  I also love the refrain.  It speaks so much truth to me.  "I believe in the grace You've shown me.  I believe in the words You say.  I believe there's an untold story, that You're telling through me".  And I truly believe that this chapter in our lives is an untold story.  I am so excited to find out how it's all going to play out and what the middle and end of this story could be! 

I have included the words of the song below and I hope that it can be an encouragement to others as well! 

"Stepping Out"
by Group 1 Crew

I feel called to something more,
Beyond what I have known.
I keep shutting out that voice
That cries deep within my soul.
I have more to give, but I have been afraid.
And then I hear You say, "It's still not too late..."

I'm stepping out to take a chance.
And if I fly or if I fall it's in Your hands.
You're the maker of my dreams,
And You'll make a way with me.
So I'm stepping out, I'm stepping out...
To take a chance
To take a chance

I'm alive, I want to live...
And I am not content to keep holding
Back all that I am, the way that I have been.
I am Yours to use.
And when I am afraid, You come close to say, "1 step it all it takes... ".

I'm stepping out to take a chance.
And if I fly or if I fall it's in Your hands.
You're the maker of my dreams (maker of my dreams)
  and You'll make a way with me.
So I'm stepping out, I'm stepping out...

I believe in the grace You've shown me.
I believe in the words You say.
I believe there's an untold story,
That You're telling through me.
I believe in the grace You've shown me.
I believe in the words You say.
I believe there's an untold story,
That You're telling through me.

I'm stepping out to take a chance.
And if I fly or if I fall it's in Your hands.
You're the maker of my dreams,
And You'll make a way with me.
So I'm stepping out, I'm stepping out...
To take a chance
To take a chance

I'm stepping out, I'm stepping out... Lord.
I'm stepping out, I'm stepping out...