My thoughts turned to injustice - how can we sit here in this warm building with so many things when these children have almost nothing and no family to love them. After that night I new that I would adopt. I honestly thought about it a lot growing up. I dreamed about it. I still do.
I feel like God has been so gracious to us. He has given me an incredible life - beyond what I thought I could have or be. My children are so blessed with parents that love each other and them. We are so blessed. I know this is a bold statement but I know somehow, at some point I will adopt.
Things in our life don't make that dream seem possible right now. There are many things to consider yet I am very confident God will allow this to happen in our lives. I am drawn to it. Right now I am being as patient as I can. I am praying about it daily. All of my friends know it is in my heart. I know it will be a very tough journey. I know it could be expensive. I know we have a 1400 square foot house with 6 people already living here. I know we have two vehicles - one with close to 200,000 miles on it and the other with well over 100,000. I know I stay at home and we have kids to feed and clothe.
And yet I know that God will provide. Why wouldn't He? He has provided my every need up until this point. I feel very strongly that Christian families should seriously consider adoption. Is it a mandate? No. Is it a salvation issue - of course not. They are the least among us. They are many times helpless. We have to look beyond the, "But I can't afford it", "My family is full already." "We don't have room in our house for one more child.".
We have to step out on faith and God will make a way. Let me tell you folks, I am so excited to see it happen. I can't wait!
Until our story is written - here are some of my favorite ones to read:
Cute Girls Hairstyles - Her Adoption Story
Owl Haven's Adoption Adventure - so good!
See Jamie Blog
P.S. Some friends recommended a book to me and I can't wait to read it. You might want to check it out too - Adopted for Life
1 comments:
It touches my heart to hear what you have said in this post. I felt the same as you do from a very young age. I adopted two beautiful girls from China. I cannot tell you enough how blessed I have been that God saw fit to place these two precious girls with me.
I had two vehicles with the same amount of mileage as yours, one was nearly ten years old and the other almost twenty! Our house is 990 so we added a room on in our garage to increase it to 1030 and that became my teenage son's bedroom. It now serves us as our family room.
I often marvel at how I managed as a single mother on one meager income to come up with the $$ for these adoptions, let alone to raise three children. God is amazing in how He makes that work out. Still is.
I stopped waiting for "the right time" and dove in head first and determined. If it is meant to be it will happen. God will see to it. And He did.
I can honestly say that the adoption of my daughters it my greatest and toughest accomplishment to date. I can't imagine my life without them either.
Good luck and God bless with your adoption story. It will happen.
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