Quiet Thoughts

I've been asked a lot about you...Have you been prepared? What will this be like for you? Do you know we are coming? In 125 hrs...your life will change forever...this life that you've only known. It will be a crash of two parents who have waited to hold you in their arms for the very first time (crazy people who are anxious to love and adore you), and you sweet one, leaving everything you've ever known. Adoption begins with loss. Monumental loss, because even with sad conditions, they've been your home, your safe place. Sadly this moment isn't the first loss you've experienced. It is too much for one little person's lifetime. For that I just have to take a moment to pause. 

Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of JOY. Psalm 126:5

There is a silver lining...this wave that crashes so hard moments from now, it holds promise! Hope for your future. Love that you've never known. This loss is not lost on any of us...it's the beginning of the rest of your story. We will be witnesses to God's goodness and restoration. Because He writes the best stories. He is so good at healing all the broken pieces. Josh the founder of CCAI said maybe not this day, but days, months, years from now...after love and trust is built... We get the privilege of watching joy, compassion, love, kindness, all blooming forth from the ashes. Our church family prayed over us Monday night...our pastor prayed for the legacy you will leave. Your grandchildren and family...on a different journey because of this new beginning for you. That left us both speechless...I hope you know how special you are to us. This moment is not one that we foresaw. But we have trusted God's faithfulness and His ways are always better then our own. Soon we will be sleeping under the same star filled sky....that's pretty incredible. Coming for you sweet girl. Anticipating God's goodness and His ever faithful plans. 

And Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5