GRADUATION
Written by Mary.
Names have been changed to protect privacy.
I've been in God's school!
Through infertility I've learned lessons that I couldn't understand any other way. God has been gentle, but persistent!
A few months ago I began to consider deep inner questions like:
How can you accept a child from a certain race and not another?
Was I saying that one of God's created children was better than another?
After much discussion, prayer and pondering, we decided to accept, love, and cherish God's gift to us, no matter what race or gender.
We decided to pray for God's best for us and to trust Him fully.
Then, THE call came and we found out that we were to adopt a beautiful baby boy, to be born in 24 hours!
We felt completely confident that this was our son, God's best for us--race and gender just didn't matter.
The Lord seemed to say to us, "Alright, we'll see if you've learned the lessons I've tried to teach you. It's exam time!"
We had His complete peace about this baby and adoption. I was privileged to be present at his delivery and I was allowed to give him his first bottle!
When a new baby arrives, there's never a dull moment. There's so many things to do, like nightly bottle parties! Sometimes I fall asleep during John's night feedings, but he's safe in my arms--and we fall asleep together!
The Lord gives His very best to those who leave the details to Him.
Graduation had finally come for us with the adoption of our 1st child.
Now I'm taking other "courses" in God's school of life. I won't graduate from His many vocational schools, until I enter those beautiful pearly gates.
Until then, I'll walk in the steps of Jesus Christ, refusing to judge people based on skin color. If Jesus had been prejudiced he would've pushed the children away who weren't his skin color. The greater blessing is to those who "give a cup of cold water in His name."
I don't want to miss out on that special blessing--loving others as Jesus Christ loved me and gave his life for me.
We're so thrilled with the choice God made for us!
He has given us His 1st choice!
(Mike & Mary are blessed with their adoption of John & 3 more children thru the support of Christian Adoption!)
For more information please read George Mueller: Young Rebel in Bristol.
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