I've been thinking a lot this week about our other children. Not Noah or Anna, but the ones that haven't made it into our home yet. I imagine them at this time of the year and wonder what their Christmas will be like. If they are still with their biological parents I know it is a bad situation as only the toughest cases have parental rights taken away. If they are already in a foster home, I wonder if they are like so many that I hear about that are in home number five, six, or seven while waiting for their forever family to come and get them. I hope they are learning about what Christmas means and I hope they have at least one present under the tree with their name on it come Christmas morning.
Today as I finished the coat of primer on the swing set in the back yard, I thought about our other children and hoped that they get to come home soon enough to play on it before we move again. The other day I looked around our guest room and thought about the furniture we would buy for them before they come home. I look at the bedroom count on houses for sale around town and think about the number of children that we could adopt before running out of space if we lived there.
That is how I know that adoption is a calling for us, because it intertwines with so many of my thoughts and decisions on a daily basis. Please pray for our other children if it comes to your mind, specifically for their hearts and minds to be protected and for a spiritual sensitivity and propensity towards Christ. So many others in foster care tonight are waiting on their forever family to show up. Please pray that God meets the needs of the children, watches over the foster families, and that He will call out and prepare the waiting parents.
Friday, December 19, 2008
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What a really amazing perspective! How neat God reminds you of your other children all throughout the day and how their lives are now and how they will be one day in your home. I indeed will pray for your "Other Children".
How appropriate and touching that I
read "Our Other Children" right after studying from I John 4 - We
dwell in God and God in us through
love - You have such a deep love for your children that it amazes me - your expression of it is what
amazes me - for you it is not only a quiet, personal feeling but something that surrounds your character in such a way that it is
like a bright shining light, and a
song that must be sung - At night I see the brightness of a planet
that dwarfs the stars in my vision
and you are like that bright planet, you are a song with a melody that will never be quieted,
John Mark is my heart, Jason is my love, and you are my joy!
That really is a neat perspective...I'd never even thought about that when you guys talk about adopting more. Really makes you want to pray everyday for them, knowing they are out there and yours, just not yet...
and this is why I love you both so much.
Very neat...reminds of my friend Laine. It's very obvious when one is called to adopt...your heart "shows". : )
OK. I hadn't planned on crying tonight!!!
What a sweet perspective - can't wait to see the story unfold in the future!
Good to see you last week.
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