Adoption All Around - 3w6d ***

Its amazing how one's eyes can be opened to a particular aspect of life in the world around them when they are going through that same thing! Ever since Steve and I have started this whole process, I have noticed adoption all around me. There are three basic parties involved in adoption... you've got the birth parents, the child who is being adopted, and the adoptive parents. During the past few months, I've encountered people from all three parties. I know two adults who have been adopted, as well as several adolescents who have been adopted. I know those who are in the process of adopting, or have already adopted. I know the young woman who is choosing adoption for her baby. I've known of several instances of adoption from people around me as I've grown up, but I haven't put it all together until recently. Adoption is such an amazing gift of love, and the gift is received on all ends.

Though there are three parties involved, I believe that she who is choosing adoption for her child is experiencing the strongest and hardest emotions. Please pray for our birth mother... and for all the women out there who are choosing adoption for their babies. We may not know their names, but God knows who they are. Prayer is amazing.

Our agency's motto is that "you will get the child you are meant to raise". I think I may have addressed this motto in a prior post, but it still blows my mind. Its such an amazing thing to know that God has willed this baby into life, and even if this baby is unplanned in the birth mother's eyes, (s)he is NOT unplanned in God's eyes. God knows exactly who is meant to raise that baby, whether its the birth parents or adoptive parents. No child is a mistake to God. I have complete and absolute faith that our baby is out there somewhere, and that no matter where that baby is, whether (s)he has been conceived yet or not, whoever is carrying that baby, God will bring that baby home to us! Praise God for all the power and control that He holds! While we're waiting for "The Call", we know that God is still working on our behalf... working behind the scenes for us. We may not see what is happening and the work that God is doing, but we know He's there, doing the work for us. How amazing is that??!

By the way, the "3w6d" in the title of this blog indicates how long we've been waiting... we've been active for 3 weeks and 6 days. Hopefully I'll be able to keep track of this for all to know.

Have a great week, everyone...

***I was perusing my blog and noticed that this figure "2w6d" was incorrect. At the time this blog was posted, we were actually at three weeks, 6 days. Woohoo!