This video has been floating around Facebook for the last week or so. If you've already seen it you can thank me for giving you another opportunity. If you haven't seen it yet you are in for a treat! This sweet family is inspiring.
Tonight, during this season of Advent, join me in praying for the millions of kids around the world who do not know the safety, security and love of a family and for families who have lost their children much too soon.
Come Lord Jesus.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Congo 2012 (One last time.)
*I'm not being vague to be mysterious, only in an effort to protect the grief our family is experiencing. I do plan on sharing the details surrounding our situation and the decision we made. We just need to process them first.
I could almost write this same post again. Almost. The difference is ten months ago, when we lost our first referral, we were confident in our next steps. I was content with being "here".
I have to be honest, I'm feeling far from confident and content most days.
The end result of both referrals and situations are the same - our little boy is not ours. We prayed for God to bring him home and He did. Moise is back with his family.
The difference is where I get vague. With "G", we knew there was a chance he would not come home to us.
Moise? We thought he was ours.
We had an abandonment decree. (Hint: he was not abandoned.) We chose his birthday. We were expecting to pass court before the end of the year.
We told the kids he was their brother. We put his sweet little face on our Christmas card.
Those things are hard.
Do you know what is harder? Being his birth mother.
One thing I am confident of - God brought her and I together. It is no coincidence that I have a four year old little boy named Moses and she has a four year old little boy named Moses.
I'm not clear on the "why". I am rarely clear on the "why" these days. This journey has been full of "why?"
We're praying HARD about what to do next. We know it is our responsibility to do something. We have to do something.
When Jesus was tested by the Pharisees about the greatest commandment, he replied "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
"Love signifies a concrete responsibility to seek the greatest good of one's neighbors." <---ESV Study Bible:-)
We have a concrete responsibility to seek their greatest good.
Today, 12-12-12, will you pray first for them? Moise, his mother and his four siblings? They live in one of the hardest places on the planet.
Will you pray for us? We desperately want to love this family as well as we love our own.
I could almost write this same post again. Almost. The difference is ten months ago, when we lost our first referral, we were confident in our next steps. I was content with being "here".
I have to be honest, I'm feeling far from confident and content most days.
The end result of both referrals and situations are the same - our little boy is not ours. We prayed for God to bring him home and He did. Moise is back with his family.
The difference is where I get vague. With "G", we knew there was a chance he would not come home to us.
Moise? We thought he was ours.
We had an abandonment decree. (Hint: he was not abandoned.) We chose his birthday. We were expecting to pass court before the end of the year.
We told the kids he was their brother. We put his sweet little face on our Christmas card.
Those things are hard.
Do you know what is harder? Being his birth mother.
One thing I am confident of - God brought her and I together. It is no coincidence that I have a four year old little boy named Moses and she has a four year old little boy named Moses.
I'm not clear on the "why". I am rarely clear on the "why" these days. This journey has been full of "why?"
We're praying HARD about what to do next. We know it is our responsibility to do something. We have to do something.
When Jesus was tested by the Pharisees about the greatest commandment, he replied "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
"Love signifies a concrete responsibility to seek the greatest good of one's neighbors." <---ESV Study Bible:-)
We have a concrete responsibility to seek their greatest good.
Today, 12-12-12, will you pray first for them? Moise, his mother and his four siblings? They live in one of the hardest places on the planet.
Will you pray for us? We desperately want to love this family as well as we love our own.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Waiting: Month 7 (The wait is over. For now.)
We will not be adopting Moise.
I have pounded the pavement, argued with God and had a good cry. I'm still not sure what is next. Or why what happened has happened to us.
There are a lot of details surrounding this situation and we are still processing everything.
For now, we are going to step away from international adoption. We are tired. Four years is a long time to be living this roller coaster and we need a break.
Please pray for peace and clarity. We have two decisions to make: what is next for our family and what to do with our knowledge of the plight of children in Africa and all over the world.
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