I have so much to blog about, Christmas, New Year's, and Camy's 4th birthday, but I have another story to tell tonight. When we got home from Kentucky this past Tuesday and started going through the mail we got a letter from an unfamiliar address. Inside the letter was a Christmas card featuring the cutest little baby girl, a letter, and a $100 bill. As I started to read the letter, my children were going crazy after being in the car for four and half hours, the dog was running everywhere and Josh was unloading the car. Everything seemed to fade as I looked at the words written to us from people we have never even met.
This precious family had gotten our names from a friend at church, as a family in the process of adopting. In 2011 they lost three sweet babies through miscarriage. I can't imagine the heartache and grief and questions they must have had. During that time they found peace in knowing their babies were with the Lord and he was their "forever family". The comfort they found in this truth led them to think about children that are orphaned on earth. Back when they began their journey to have a family they attended some adoption classes and learned a lot about adoption and the cost associated. As a way to remember their children's lives were here and were a blessing they decided to support three families and help give three children forever families here on earth. God is so big, he turned 3 into 7, so this precious family blessed us AND six other families!!
This is a 100% God story. God is sovereign and only He knows why he chose to call those babies home. I can't pretend to understand this, but I do know they are in the very best place there is or ever will be. However, I am sure that He has done a mighty work in this family through their losses and the gift they were able to give us (and six other families), was just the tip of the iceberg in His plan for them. To me the most amazing thing about this story is the strength He gave this family. They lost three children in one year. You are allowed to be depressed and grieve for these children. No one expects you to think of others. Your heart is broken. But the words written in this letter are not words of crushed people, they are words of those who "Are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus." They KNOW where their kids are. They are so confident in their God, it made them think of other children who don't have a "forever family" and call themselves blessed. If that is not the Holy Spirit I don't know what is. What a testimony of faith. What an encouragement and blessing to us. In this time of transition for us it has been easy to get discouraged, frustrated, and anxious for what our future holds and when our child will be in our arms. What a gift from the Lord to start January 1, 2013 with this example of faith and demonstration of His love. We are humbled and undeserving, but oh so thankful.
