(Input
Emergency System Sound Here)…..We break into your normal programming to bring
you an important announcement…It has come to our attention that a new addition
is being added to the “Gerber Family of 8” and in 2015, they will make that
Number 9. Please don’t faint, don’t call 911 or your local police! Remain calm
and breathe on! We have fully investigated this story and have found it to
be…..
COMPLETELY TRUE!!
We now take
you back to your normal programming where life was comfortable and not so
shocking!
KEEP CALM AND READ ON
Jesus “wrecks” our comfortable Christianity it seems
about every two years. It seems He comes knocking on our hearts again and we
can’t ignore his calling in our lives for the orphan crisis in our world—on
this—Our planet EARTH! People tell us all the time, “You can’t save them all!”
Oh people, how I know this to be true and oh how I wish I could….because once
you’ve looked into the eye of a family-less child, an orphan, you will wish you
could save them all, your heart will break for theirs, and you will long to
heal their pain! God calls us to care for “the least of these” and reminds us
in Matthew 25:40 “Truly, I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of
these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for ME.”
Fortunately…or “unfortunately”….I know about the Orphan
Crisis. I’ve seen the abuse and injustices they endure.
I know their
plight.
H-O-P-E-L-E-S-S
I could say, “I’ve done enough; I’ve done more
than my share.”
But God reminds me daily that, “This life is not your
own, the advantages and privileges you’ve been given are not merely for you and
your family. Dear Human, made in MY likeness, you have been given them for a
reason and “To whom much is given, much more will be required.” Luke 12:48
I have A LOT in the world’s eyes…I have MORE I can
give!
It’s not always easy to walk this path…this path of
ADOPTION. To go through all the medical challenges and surgeries for a birth
defect I didn’t create, to answer the HARD questions from three beautiful
Chinese children, “Why didn’t they love me?” To be a listening ear when the
young teenage girl asks, “I wonder who I get my thick hair, my weird double
joints, and my amazing artistic ability from? Maybe my Mom…or maybe my Dad…I
don’t know??”
And I listen….painfully unable to give an answer to these
precious children of mine!
BUT, I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY! Because, I GET
to comfort, hug, and love my cleft-affected children after they go through
their never-ending surgeries. I GET to answer the hard questions with, “I don’t
know why they gave you up sweetheart, but I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER….I’m always
going to be there for you….and I’m so glad I get to be your Mommy!! I GET to be
the listening ear, with answers none to give, and stand in AWE of this child
before me that is “fearfully and wonderfully made by God!” Psalm 139:14
No, it isn’t always the easiest path to walk….but I GET
to walk this path with my children!
Why would I expect any easier a path to walk, than the
one my precious Jesus walked to the cross for ME!
Please enjoy the short poem I wrote, entitled “The
Orphan’s Cry,” for our newest daughter coming home in 2015! Please join us in prayer as we once again embark on this amazing journey called...ADOPTION!
