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We're celebrating in our home today!! Celebrating our youngest turning 3!!!!!!! We're celebrating for more than just that, you see.....he will NOW be out of his terrible 2's..............right????!!!!!!!! I woke up this morning with a new outlook on life, knowing he is now 3, life will be a little easier now, right???!!!! It's the only morning of the year, that I'm still smiling and happy at 8:00 in the morning, when I've been up since 4:45...He didin't get the Daylight Savings time change!!! Actually the Lord has blessed us beyond measure, beyond words, by bringing him into our lives!! We are SO thankful for him!! I guess this would also be a fitting time to complete my Part 1, of the Journey of Motherhood!! We were on an emotional roller coaster with our adoption of our littlest one. We had thought in the beginning, we would take him into our home, knowing each day in our home was a day he was being loved, taken care of, and being shown the Lord's love. VERY quickly, we became very attached!!! I kept telling the Lord "BUT, I'M his mom now!" The Lord in His very kind gentle way kept telling me right back, "BUT, I am his heavenly Father, and if you think you love him...it doesn't compare to my love." You see, as a parent, we think our children are OURS. We think WE know best, that WE love them best. But the Lord taught my husband and I through this experience that NOTHING can compare to the Lord's LOVE and his Fatherly affection and care! We kept praying, but slowly our prayers began to change...I began realizing we had NO control!! Just when I thought "O.k Lord, I can handle this now, no problem"...the Lord would put another 'kink' in the plan. I know now looking back (isn't that always the way it is?!) that He was teaching us to not put faith or confidence in our circumstances, but to trust fully in HIM. Even if what was going on wasn't what WE thought was best for our little guy! With my life or circumstances around me, it's a whole lot easier to relinguish all 'control', because I know the Lord knows best. BUT, as a parent do we have this same kind of faith? The Lord gave us our children to raise up for HIM, but so often we think they are OURS. Without all of the complicated details of the adoption, we were able to finalize his adoption when he was 19 months old. We were so thankful for him, we were so thankful for the roller coaster ride being over, but MOST of all we were thankful for the Lord's lessons. HE IS SOVEREIGN, He is always in control, HIS ways are ALWAYS BEST (even when they are not our ways or we don't understand). Our prayer became, "Lord we love this new little baby as our very own, you know our hearts, you know our desires, but YOU are his Heavenly Father and YOUR plan for His life is what we desire above all else, please help us as we follow your perfect plan for our lives and his life." This was a drastic change from my prayers when he was just a month old, "Lord, he's mine now, I'm his momma now, please give him to us!!" TODAY, he is turning 3 years old....we thank the Lord for him, his life, and all of the many blessings the Lord has given to us by adding him to our family!!! I would go through it all over again. I am thankful for the lessons learned and how once again HE painted on our hearts HIS SOVEREIGNTY, HIS LOVE, and HIS PERFECT WAYS!!! |
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