Saturday, December 20, 2008

I Will Never Forget...

To think that we could have let the opportunity pass us by saddens my heart. We have all discussed this, we all agree that we could not imagine life with our our two adopted daughters. We all agree, that we can't imagine if we had let this God opportunity pass us by we would be missing out on what the Lord had in store for us.

I will never forget the day that God spoke so clearly to both Bryan and I about adopting. I will never forget the look on Bryan's face when he came to the realization that we needed to become a part of God's plan. I will never forget the day when we said, "Lord, your will not ours".

I will never forget sitting on a park bench with my daughter to be, tears rolling down my face, listening to the words of God speak so clearly to my heart "Andrea, this is how I feel when my children are separated from me". I will never forget trying to make sense of it all and God saying, "I called you to obedience first, not understanding".

I will never forget sitting in a hot and humid room in China, searching faces wondering if this next child would be our daughter we had been waiting for. I will never forget holding her so scared in my arms wondering, if she would ever love me as much as I have already loved her.

I will never forget reading the words, "Your faith has healed your daughter", and believing it was so.

I will never forget walking through the airport, being met by rejoicing family members and friends.

I will never forget the look of relief in the eyes of the children that knew they were finally home.

I will never forget the blessings that the Lord bestowed upon us.
I will never forget....
I will never forget...
I will never forget...


We should never forget, that God has called us to much more than we can do on our own.
We should never forget, that with Him all things are possible.
We should never forget, that He who begun a good work will complete it.
We should never forget, that He has blessed us so that we may share the blessings.
We should never forget that we ourselves are "adopted" sons and daughters of Christ.
We should never forget that He is able to do more than we could ever ask or imagine.
We should never forget that He says, " Let the little children come to me".
We should never forget...
We should never forget...
We should never forget...
He has given us what we need to change the world. "Well done my good and faithful servant, enter my rest".

1 comments:

God's Girl said...

It is so good to remember all that God can and will do!

Thanks for sharing your heart!

Love you friend!

Julie

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