she wasn't joking about it being bigger. I just never imagined it could be this big! We started reading it last night & didn't even make a dent in it!
I would have never believed the truths written within these pages had I not read them for myself! Makes my heart ache for Bear's mother, truly. I know now better how to pray for her and her family.
I cannot fathom our son living within the pages of that life sitting there on our table typed all out onto paper. So many "what-if's" linger in the air filled with breathtaking astonishment. What If our son had truly been sent home to live within that family? What if the mother was given one more chance to change the outcome of her new born baby? Would she opt for a better life, or stay in what she knows best? What if Bear never came here to live with us, where would he be today. What if the alleged father passed the DNA and really was proven to be Bear's dad. Would he have taken him and cared for him as he said he would have?
All these are questions that we will never know the answer to this side of heaven. One day we will see the tapestry of our lives woven together to reveal such a beautiful story! It is never what we dream it will be, but in the end it is probably much bigger than you would or could have ever planned for yourself. God is Good like that! He gives us much more than we ask for. There are storms around every corner but there is a rainbow right behind it... reminding us of HIS promises and His Glory! We say YES and AMEN! Thank you Jesus for the gift of life and giving us the promise of a family. Thank you Lord that you have delivered our Bear from the lions den and let him walk out without a scratch on him. (More to be revealed on that fun little quote later). He was handed over to be eaten by sin and you chose a different path for him. You chose a different path for us as well. We knew you were calling us to raise up a family of strong believers that would take over nations... but we didn't see how that was going to happen after the loss of our 3rd child. I say to you, We see! ~amen
I am so excited to see what our future holds for Bear, Moe, and little ol' us! It is going to be great. It is all part of our design! And it is no longer part of a sinful cycle.
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Hey! I'm glad you are getting through the piles and piles of the file! Obviously I'm not at work today, but if you have any questions send them to me there and I'll get back to you ASAP tomorrow morning.
Isn't it eyeopening?!? With Josie's case I had previously been so judgemental of a woman who could ever leave her newborn baby at the hospital without even seeing her, but after reading the file I understood so much more of what the birth mother's life was like.
I don't know if her intentions were to keep her baby out of that life or if they were purely selfish, but either way, Josie ended up getting a chance at a life she never would have had because of that woman's choice.
It's hard to fathom that people actually have lives like that.
Oh man! That's HUGE!!!
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