Eight weeks ago we were waiting for THE little person to come into our lives, to potentially enlarge our family through adoption of the Lord so chose.
Eight weeks ago I was one day late for my period and God laughed at our plans.
Eight weeks ago we found out that God indeed answers a little girl's prayers for more brothers and sisters but he doesn't need us to help him along by attending a bunch of classes we were supposed to or getting recognized by the state to be fit to care for foster children.
Eight weeks ago we found out that God still wants us to foster and adopt children, but he had a plan to give us another via the womb!
Eight weeks ago a second little line on a pregnancy test didn't quench our desire for more children because we got "one of our own."
Eight weeks ago God showed his mercy, his grace and his sovereignty to our family who knew we believed in those things but now have more evidence of these glorious truths.
Here we are, eight weeks later, 12 weeks pregnant, puking my guts up, and I am praying and hoping that when I quit being so sick, we can get on the list to get a call to take a child into our home. Call me crazy, but I just so happen to think that we weren't wrong about God's will for our family- because he has called us to care for orphans, and not just if you can't have kids of "your own!"
3 comments:
Congradulations to you and your family!! I don't call you crazy because I understand the calling that God put on your hearts. It's the same one He has placed in our lives and I am forever grateful to Him that our fertility issues occurred when they did. I think that if He would have allowed us to get pregnant early, we may have delayed answering the call He has placed on our lives. I will never know for sure how we would have responded, but I am thankful. We too do not foster/adopt just because we can't conceive, we do it because the Lord has called us to care for orphans, and for our family, this is how we live that calling out!! Love y'all, and congratulations again!! Let us know if you need anything.
I'm very glad to hear of the pregnancy and of the adoption process. Lacey and I have been praying specefically for what you have written in your blog. What's best about the whole post is the Divine answer to prayer for Dylan. We miss you guys.
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I think you're crazy, I thought that before ya'll started having children.
You said it perfectly, my sister. I am so, so happy for you and your little family, and cannot wait to hold and love on the next additions to your family.
Bless your heart!
Love to all!
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