Divine interruption. That's how we would describe the nudging of God in our hearts that created a desire to adopt a little boy named Bobby. Our family currently consists of my husband, Buddy, myself and our three children, ages 15, 18, and 19. Life is moving along at a quick pace which seems to get faster every year.
A few years ago I started reading a blog by Katie Davis, a 19 year old Nashville woman who works in an orphanage/school in Uganda and has an amazing story. Her blog is called The Journey and can be found at http://kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/ . Her story is one of abandonment to the call of God. A story of courage, obedience, faith and stubborn perseverance. And one of God's provision and His pouring out of love to her and the people she ministers to. Because of her, many families have been exposed to the children of Africa and have felt God calling them to adopt. So far, seven families are in the process of adopting a total of nine children from the same orphanage in Uganda! Amazing!
Several weeks ago as I logged on to one family's blog, the first entry was a picture of a little boy with a volunteer and the blurb said that four of his best friends were being adopted and moving to Nashville and he was left behind. My heart melted and I showed it to my husband who felt the same way. We both felt God impressing on our hearts that this is something we could do. The little boy is Bobby and hopefully soon he will be in Nashville and a part of our family. Through the years I have felt a pull toward adoption or foster care but the timing has never been right. We are immersed in a large community of people through church, school, and friends who are adoptive parents. Many of our closest friends have adopted and we love their kids.
I know to most people it doesn't make sense for my husband and I, who have it so easy with our kids at the ages they are, to essentially start over. Honestly, it isn't logical to me either and sometimes I question my sanity. I get scared and doubts take over at times, but I know I wouldn't have this desire, this sense of anticipation, if God hadn't put it there. He never called us to an easy life, just to a life yielded to Him. And in that yielding and stepping out in faith he promises to be there and to be all sufficient. I like how The Message puts this: This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. Rom.8:15 I don't know what the future holds, maybe it holds alot of pain, and maybe it will be harder than I imagine, but I'm being led by the only one I want to please because He is my Abba and the one who loves me the most.
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