All right, to clarify, this might be something I look at tomorrow morning and say, "did that make any sense", but I need to at least say it now. I fell asleep about an hour ago, and I woke about 10 minutes ago. It's 12:11 a.m. as I type this, and the house is quiet except this little desk lamp keeping the room a dull haze of light. Here's the thing that may make me say "make sense?" in the morning....
We lost three children in the womb. We lost Gracie last September. We're done trying now. We have Aaron, our beautiful and healthy son. Yet, I don't feel like our family of three is all that God chose for us. I've really been asking and praying to God for guidance in that area. Katie and I had talked about adoption prior to even having Aaron; after our first two miscarriages. But, we stopped talking about it after Aaron and Gracie were born. I think we're ready to start the discussion again. If you're praying, please just begin to pray for this (if you don't mind). If it's not what He has chosen for us, then we will follow His will. However, I woke up a few minutes ago with a strong, very strong, urge to write this down. I don't know if it was God's voice on my heart, my own desires, or just the fact that it's extremely late (or early?). Just begin to pray, again if you don't mind, for something to stir in this area. Thank you. If I didn't make sense, I'm sorry. I might have to go back and read this later in clear thought.
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Good morning J.B. I will continue to pray for you and your family, and ask God to make His will clear to you. Katie has been in my thoughts a lot this week, and your concern for her reminds me of the lyrics of an early SCC song, "Go There with You":
"I will take a heart whose nature is to beat for me alone,
And fill it up with you, make all your joy and pain my own;
No matter how deep a valley you go through, I will go there with you.
And I will give myself to love the way Love gave itself for me..."
I have always said that, although I had to wait 32 years to meet my husband that he was worth the wait, because he is truly the soulmate God intended me to spend the rest of my life with. I believe that maybe Katie is equally blessed, and am sure that God will make His desires for your family clear to you both.
Have a blessed week.
JB, I will definitely be praying for God's leading as you contemplate adoption. We lost one in the womb and never achieved any other pregnancies. I came to the realization that we were being led to adopt much faster than my husband, which was a journey of faith in itself. Now we have 2 sons whom I know God predestined for our family before we ever even questioned His plan.
I will be lifting you & Katie up as you begin the discussion. As an adoptive mother I want to shout, "Go for it!" Yet, I know that it is God's will and God's time that you must seek. I will pray that you & Katie will be of one mind as you discern God's will for your precious family.
Thank you for sharing with us specific ways to pray for you.
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