RIL

As of September 14, 2010, we must fill out paperwork so that DSS can search for our names on the Responsible Individuals List in compliance with the Adam Walsh Law. Here's a blurb about the RIL: "The Responsible Individuals List identifies individuals found to be responsible for the abuse or serious neglect of a juvenile. Information from the RIL is available to certain authorized users for the purpose of determining current or prospective employability or fitness to care for or adopt children." It takes about two weeks from the time Bethany receives our forms for the RIL search to be done.

According to a message we received today from our social worker, our home study will be done as soon as this piece is completed. At that point, we will be in the "waiting pool". I love the phrasing. The first image I got was of the pool of Bethesda--desperate people waiting to watch God work.

I'm finding it harder and harder to tamp down the cynicism, sarcasm, and incredulity that wants to creep into the tone of these postings. The inordinate care that is taken to protect our future child impresses me to no end, and at the same time, I am paying into a public medical system that covers abortions. How does that make sense? God NEVER promised us that this would be fair or logical, did he? He called us to care for widows and orphans, not pick apart or even try to right a wacky system. The devil's not in the details; God is. He's still orchestrating, timing, working the universe so that we end up with the child he planned for us before he formed Adam from dust. God is in the details. God is in the details. God is in the details.