NO ORDINARY CHILD

Written by Dave & Rebekah

Spring '04

The situation regarding baby Luke has gone from bad to worse. The temp. foster care provider, who is now a friend of mine, named Kim, called today to say that social services called her and said they are going to take the baby into state foster care - the paper work has already been done. After a bunch of calls on my part, I received the information that there is no way we can foster care baby Luke ourselves (we are in the process of being licensed with a private foster agency) or that we could adopt baby Luke once he is in the system. As I was told by a caseworker "there are a lot of families already in the system that would love to have this baby." In addition, the birthmom called Kim, (after being asked to take the weekend to make sure about her decision not to give the baby up for adoption). The birthmom said, "I didn't change my mind and no one can make me." Kim was asked to drop baby Luke off at the new foster home tomorrow. Kim called me to ask what she should do, because she has already fallen in love with baby Luke and doesn't want to let him go into a system she thinks is not acting to protect him. I could hear her heart - she was tired but willing to fight for a better life for this child, willing to fight for us to have this child, willing to fight the system. I told her to let him go. How tempting it would be to let her fight on our behalf. But I knew in my heart, that we needed to let him go. No man can fight against such odds - only God can do the impossible. If it's His will, He will do whatever it takes. I kept thinking that it must have been really hard for Miriam to put baby Moses into the bulrushes. Would he drown? Would he be eaten by alligators? Would he die of starvation or be burned by the scorching sun? Which direction would the river take him? How much easier it would have been to let go if she would have known he would end up at the bathing pool of Pharaoh's daughter. Of course, she had to let him go, because if she held on, Moses would have been killed. (Isn't it interesting that the things we cling and hang onto usually die rather than flourish.) Of course, she had to let go, but she did so with faith - choosing to trust in a God who had His hand on this baby boy-for he certainly was 'no ordinary child'. Realizing that we needed to let go, Kim said she would lay hands on baby Luke and pray for him all night for God's Hand of blessing and protection to be on him. Tomorrow, baby Luke will start on a new direction. I don't know what course his life will take. I don't know if God will intervene and move the mountains out of the way for baby Luke to come into our home. I don't know whether there is another family out there believing for a baby Luke. I don't know whether the birthmom will change her life and become the mom God wants her to be. Yes, our hearts are aching with grief for we KNOW that with all the God-incidents regarding baby Luke's welcome into this world - that he is "No Ordinary Child". Yet we KNOW that God is wiser than our grief - He KNOWS best and His Hand will be on this child.

"Baby Luke, God be with you"

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Just before I received the phone call from Kim regarding the "bad news", Dave was outside pulling in the garbage cans - today was trash day. He saw a piece of paper laying on our lawn and picked it up. It was an e-mail note from a father to his daughter Rebekah (also, my name) which read as follows.

Subject: Message for Rebekah from Dad

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004

Dearest Rebekah,

Regarding the perceived "bad news" that you received yesterday {referring to Friday the 29th - the same day Dave & I received the call from bm that she changed her mind about the adoption} regarding your test scores, remember that everything in life happens for a purpose, even though at the time, it may be very difficult or even impossible to understand how that might be the case. The test score results just received were not the end of the road - rather, they were just a temporary roadblock that will now force you to take a different route to get to where you want to go - a new beginning. Sometimes, the most memorable and worthwhile adventures in life are taken on roads that we never planned to take when we started our trip. Perhaps you don't remember it, but one of the most memorable parts of our Arizona vacation was traveling through the town of Springfield - something we found by accident, because I didn't know where I was going, but I liked what I saw as I drove down the wrong road, and proceeded onto one of the most beautiful areas in the country. I'm not saying that we shouldn't have plans and goals in life - just saying that even when the best laid plans sometimes go astray, the alternate route that you take can sometimes be very memorable and worthwhile, and you'll most always end up with better results than someone who didn't plan at all. Keep your head up. We'll come up with an alternate plan, and I assure you that someday not that far down the road, you'll look back on whatever happens and understand why things were meant to work out the way they did.

Love always,

DAD

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Thanks DAD - I needed that.

Love to all and thanks for your prayers and support during this time,

Dave & Rebekah

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