"In you the orphan finds mercy." -Hosea 14:3
Dear Kevin and Sheba,
Just thinking about being adopted would be scary enough. Learning that you will be adopted is even scarier. Moving to a new culture, leaving everything and everyone you know, new language, new ways of doing things, and a new family. I can only imagine the looks on your faces learning that we will be your new family. I imagine you were excited... at first. Looking at each other thinking "there is hope", when your whole life you've been waiting for "the break that will make it okay".
But then you began to truly think about it. "If I do something wrong will they give me back?" We must seem like the greatest gift and the scariest night mare to you. But in GOD the you will find mercy. You were adopted because we love you. You were adopted because GOD loves you. But until now, you were adopted by the world. Now you will be adopted for the last time until it comes time for you to meet your father.
Love,
Marlyss
Dear Marlyss,
Just thinking about being adopted would be scary enough. Learning that you will be adopted is even scarier. Moving to a new culture, leaving everything and everyone you know, new language, new ways of doing things, and a new family. I remember the look on your face when you learned that you will have a new family. You were excited... at first.
But then you began to truly think about it. "If I do something wrong will they give me back?" They must seem like the greatest gift and the scariest night mare to you. But in Me you will find mercy. You were adopted because they love you. You were adopted because I love you. But until now, you were adopted by your mom and dad. You will live with them until it comes time for you to meet your father.
Love,
your dad
Almighty GOD
I thought about adoption one day and wondered what it would be like to be an orphan and here that there is a family that wants you. Then I thought about it more and realized we are all adopted. We have the family we have because we were adopted because our parents wanted us. And not just because they didn't give us up for adoption when we were born, they wanted us because they wanted a child. They wanted us. We were adopted so that through our earthly family we can come to know the glory and mercy of GOD through the eyes of an orphan.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Trust
No kids yet. Just a meeting over the phone with HOLT. It went a little like this...
"Hello. So we know you are currently trying to adopt two kids."
WAIT! Hold up! we don't have any kids to adopt at the moment.
"No we had two kids but they told us due to recent findings in behavior and such they weren't fit for us to adopt. Is there something we're missing?"
"We had two Americans in the area who evaluated Kevin and Sheba further, and more thoroughly. They said they would be ok to adopt, that is if your willing."
I wasn't home during the meeting, I was at swim practice, so I had no idea what was going on. My mom takes my brother to a friends house that night so while they are gone, my dad fills me in. He says we may be able to adopt Kevin and Sheba again. All these thoughts go through my head. 'God does have a plan! He knows exactly what he's doing. After all the heartbreak I went through before just trying to decide that God wanted my family and I to adopt, getting kids, having them taken away and being told they wouldn't fit with our criteria... . Faith is what I'm being taught through all this. Faith, patience, acceptance,forgiveness, and love.'
Now came the hard part. Deciding as a family that we were willing to adopt them.... again. It seems odd that we would have to go through the process of choosing kids again when we chose them before, but when your in this situation, new things come up the second time around and you can't help but pray your doing the right thing. I think we're all scared. Scared for the new things that could happen, the new challenges we might face, the beautiful hardships that will teach us things we can only know by adopting kids. It's nerve-racking yet thrilling. And I can't wait to see what will happen next and the new things God will teach us.
Check out My mom's blog about it: www.vhoeksadopt.blogspot.com
"Hello. So we know you are currently trying to adopt two kids."
WAIT! Hold up! we don't have any kids to adopt at the moment.
"No we had two kids but they told us due to recent findings in behavior and such they weren't fit for us to adopt. Is there something we're missing?"
"We had two Americans in the area who evaluated Kevin and Sheba further, and more thoroughly. They said they would be ok to adopt, that is if your willing."
I wasn't home during the meeting, I was at swim practice, so I had no idea what was going on. My mom takes my brother to a friends house that night so while they are gone, my dad fills me in. He says we may be able to adopt Kevin and Sheba again. All these thoughts go through my head. 'God does have a plan! He knows exactly what he's doing. After all the heartbreak I went through before just trying to decide that God wanted my family and I to adopt, getting kids, having them taken away and being told they wouldn't fit with our criteria... . Faith is what I'm being taught through all this. Faith, patience, acceptance,forgiveness, and love.'
Now came the hard part. Deciding as a family that we were willing to adopt them.... again. It seems odd that we would have to go through the process of choosing kids again when we chose them before, but when your in this situation, new things come up the second time around and you can't help but pray your doing the right thing. I think we're all scared. Scared for the new things that could happen, the new challenges we might face, the beautiful hardships that will teach us things we can only know by adopting kids. It's nerve-racking yet thrilling. And I can't wait to see what will happen next and the new things God will teach us.
Check out My mom's blog about it: www.vhoeksadopt.blogspot.com
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