High Hopes in Him

Wow!  Recently, we read about the first person with Down Syndrome to receive an honorary doctorate!

It's no secret that most parents want the best for their children.  We dream of the day they will come into the world, or in the case of adoption, into our family forever.  We imagine what they will look like, sound like, be like.  We dream big dreams for them and pray over them as if their very lives depended on it...(they do).  

We know some wonder what our lives will look like many years from now.  So do we!  But in the same way that we've always wondered.  We've wondered for a long time if the Lord is coming back before we grow old.  We're still wondering about that.  We're looking for him because the Bible says in Hebrews 9:28,

"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."    

There are plenty of future details to wonder about, but it is also written in Matthew 6:34, "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." 

Still, what parent can't help but dream, hope, and pray for our little ones' days to come.  Oh Lord, that they would be full of you and love to serve you!  

Just as we can never predict the talents and abilities of any biological child the Lord gives us, there is no way to know what capabilities an adopted child will be blessed with.  We do know that for any child, love and nurturing can foster optimal growth and development.  We know that every child deserves parents whose hopes are so very high for them.

Our hopes are high because they are all in Him.  Not because we have unrealistic expectations.  Not because we are unaware that parenting is challenging.  Our hopes are high because we serve an awesome God who is able to supply all of our needs no matter the circumstances.  He is our shield and our portion, our strong tower and our fortress, our rock and our redeemer.  He is our salvation!  If we rest in Him, He supplies peace that surpasses all understanding and He is ALL we need.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.  

Ephesians 3:20-21.

Please continue to pray for our sweet girls' health and safety. <3