Week 2 - So, what is God up to? I am increasingly excited about getting the details moving with adoption. I reached out to friends that used to go to our church to learn about their adoptive daughter from China. She has special needs which is really encouraging us to pray through the exact child that God has for us. I am truly amazed at how I've longed for community these last few years, and now God is bringing it through adoptive families. What a blessing.
I was showing Ean yesterday where Ethiopia is on our world map so he can understand how far away it is and just how miraculous God is to potentially unite us with a little one so many miles away. We pray daily for this child and to prepare Ean for being a big brother:)
Yet, this afternoon, I'm sad. I met with my sister today to help map out plans for my dad's care. Unfortunately, his Alzheimer's is getting worse, and we have to consider every option for his care. Very hard. I think more than anything our conversation hit a chord in me about my dad. We both share in our "distant" almost non-existent relationships growing up with our Father. In fact, I think it likely pushed us both in directions we might not otherwise have been - that is pursuing fulfillment in our soul for what a Father should meet. In a way, this scripture spoke to me not only on the level of adoption but also with regards to feeling "Fatherless" at times in my childhood and especially now as my dad's memory is deteriorating. How much I long to be "adopted" myself...
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." Proverbs 16:3
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