Cuteness Alert!

Oh my goodness, I just want to reach into this photo and scoop her up!!

"Maeve"

Images are powerful.  I have noticed that the blogs I read that are punctuated by pictures really captivate my attention.  This is part of the reason Reece’s Rainbow is such an amazing advocacy group.  It is one thing to hear about mysterious orphans in need, but a completely different experience to look into the eyes of a child with a name who desperately needs a home, a family, parents with arms waiting to love, hold, and nurture them.  It is hard to look into the faces of these children and not be moved by the Holy Spirit to action.  He prompts us to pray, advocate, donate our time, talents, and belongings.  Some of us are called by Him to adopt.  No one is called to do everything and that’s ok.  It’s more than ok, it’s divine. 

 

God’s word speaks in Ephesians 4 about each part of the body of Christ fitting together perfectly and doing its own special work so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.  That’s us church!  We are the body of Christ.  What a privilege to be called by God!  We consider it an honor that he would use our imperfections and our weaknesses to show His power. 

In 2 Corinthians 12, Jesus says “my strength is made perfect in weakness.”  That verse has never been so precious to me as it is now.  We are nothing without Him.  Without Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are weak and powerless and defenseless against the enemy.  But if we are willing members of the body of Christ, He can use our arms to reach, our hands to heal and our words to teach, as Casting Crowns sings in one of my favorite songs, “If we are the body”.  If we follow wherever He leads, He will guide us and plant us where we need to be to show His love to others.

On our journey through this life, we have not always been obedient and willing.  Even now, we sometimes have to laugh at the little wild donkey in us, catching a whiff of worldly pleasures on the wind (If you didn’t just chuckle a little, you can read all about this donkey in the Bible).  But we are ever more faithful as we spend more and more time seeking Him, serving Him and obeying Him.  That’s why we have a blog we never thought we’d have.  It’s why we’re traveling to a country we never imagined we’d see.  An ever stronger desire to fulfill the will of our Father is the sole reason we will be beyond blessed to bring home our second daughter. Lord willing, a few months from now, there will be one less orphan in the world.  <3

Thank you, prayer warriors, for praying for our girls!