Finding That Balance

So here we are...one month in to this process and clipping right along!  We have had our orientation and are not officially in the Home Study process.  Since we started this process, we have been work ourselves to the bone - collecting paperwork, cleaning and reorganizing the house, making signs, cups and whatever else we can think of to sell and earn more money.  And after just one month, we're already feeling drained.  As usual, we're trying to run ahead of God and make things happen on our schedule. 
Sometimes I think God just watches me and let's me run ahead, knowing exactly how it will turn out.  I do the same thing with my own kids (when I know it won't lead to sudden death or dismemberment).  This adoption has been God's plan from the beginning.  And I know I have to learn to just let God lead.  It doesn't mean I won't have to sacrifice.  It doesn't mean I won't have to put in extra work, or long nights, or give up my weekends to fundraise or prepare to bring home our new daughter. But God doesn't call us to FRANTIC.  He doesn't call us to EXHAUSTION. God calls us to walk with Him, to FOLLOW Him. 
One of my favorite verses is Isaiah 26:3, "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!"  There it is....peace for those who will just trust in the Sovereign. 

I'm still learning how to follow Him, and I'm sure I will continue to learn every day that I'm on this earth.  It seems like this adoption journey may just accelerate the learning curve!