Since this is only our 4th adoption of the year, it was extra joyful in my heart. I have missed the beautiful moment when a long awaited for child is brought into our chapel and placed into the loving arms of their new parent/s. The joy of the new parents is infectious, and it spreads around the room to each of us who are there watching and taking pictures. May God be praised for bringing this moment together.
I know that I have written of my struggles with abandonment and the sadness of it. Hearing story after heart breaking story of the hard life each kids has walked before being brought here, is more than our hearts can bear. Most of the time, I do not even ask anymore. It is easier to just love the kids and not dwell on what brought them here. However, these precious moments of families receiving their child, it makes the stories less potent. For a time, God's bigger picture shines through, and His perfect family is put together. When he knit that tiny baby in her mother's womb, He knew she was not going to remain with that mother. He had already chosen a different mother to be the one to love her, play with her, read to her, tickle her, and raise her to be a woman. Why? We will never understand, but He knew it was best because He knows all.
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| Neither of these are the child who was adopted. I just wanted to post a picture of some BG kids sleeping :) |
Thank-you Abba for Your perfect plan. We praise You for this family whom You knew would adopt this precious child and for Beautiful Gate with all the love, hands and hearts that care for them in the interim.
ReplyDeleteThe creation of new family relationships is a beautiful thing. The grace that surrounds this is awesome beyond words.
ReplyDeleteIt is, however, now more widely understood in adoption circles that the term "gotcha" is not a healthy one. Children are not objects that we adoptive parents "get". In the complicated experience of adoption, the words we use are important.
I apologize if my word choice was offensive. Being in Africa for almost 5 years has left us outside the conversations around adoption word choices. Anyone who knows our staff, volunteers and family knows that children are never thought of or treated as objects! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me.
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