He Said “Abundance”

 ³ Trust in the LORD and do good;
   dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
⁴ Take delight in the LORD,
   and he will give you the desires of your heart.

                                    Psalm 37: 3-4

                                   

“We should start a blog,” has been our mantra for the past couple of months.

We wanted to start a family blog as a way to record key events in our family and to share with whoever may be interested.  Right now, the big news in our family is adoption.  I have no idea where to start, so here it is in no particular order.  Adoption has been on our family’s heart for quite some time.  However, May of 2011 is when we officially decided as a family to start the process.  I feel at a loss when people say, “You’re adopting!”

At times, I’m sure the look on my face is “puzzled” to say the least when others are looking at me to provide the clarity.  I always answer, “Lord willing.”  For those of you who followed our little moving-to-California project, you know what I mean.  We have had plans to do other things, but they were not the Lord’s plans.

I am part excited and part scared to death.  Many times, the Lord has revealed His plan for our family, and that has included adoption.  I know one day we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.  No way are we going to stand in front of Jesus and say, “We know you wanted us to adopt a child into our family, but we were too scared.” 

Last summer, a few months into the process, I was sitting on our deck early in the morning praying.  I asked, “Why do I even have this desire to adopt Lord?”  As I looked up and saw the smear of our three story house down to the walk-out basement, the word that immediately and clearly came back to me was “abundance.”  I though, “you’re right Lord, we have so much.”  I just imagined the back walls of our entire house disappearing for a moment with all of our stuff just sliding out.  I though about just how much we have, more than enough to share with one more person.

A few days went by and I continued to reflect on the word “abundance.”   True to God’s deep and thoughtful character He displays in his Word, I came to realize the double meaning intended in that word.  I am fully expecting and convinced that another child is going to mean an abundant blessing for our family as well.

May 2011 - Family vacation in "China" (Epcot).  At the time, we had no idea that in just a few days we would decide to adopt from China.