Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Miraculous Dreams

Then wonder of wonders, on May 23, 2007, an email titled simply "Luke" came into our inbox. When we realized that Luke was the same baby we had been chosen to adopt in January, our hearts were filled with joy. After Luke’s birth, his birth parents' plans with the other adoptive family fell through. At that time, several of their extended family members came forward to adopt Luke, but the birth parents didn't feel the Lord's peace about them either.

Throughout this entire time, the Lord kept bringing our family back to their minds and hearts, and after prayerful consideration, they decided to contact us again to see if we were still interested. If so, they would see our willingness as the Lord’s confirmation that we were the family He had chosen for their baby.

Later that evening as we shared the events of the previous days and weeks with the birthparents, they were amazed at how the Lord had miraculously worked to bring us all back together, and each of us felt an overwhelming sense of peace that it was His will for us to adopt their baby. Ten days later Patrice flew to the birth family’s state, and after waiting two long weeks for all the adoption paperwork to be approved, she finally brought our precious Luke Samuel home on June 15th, just in time for Father's Day.

Four years ago, the Lord miraculously brought Jaden into our lives, and now, He has given us a second little miracle, our sweet little Luke. Of course we had no way of knowing it at the time, but looking back, we can now see how the Lord used many different people we encountered along our journey to mold and shape our hearts until we were finally ready to accept HIS perfect will.

The Lord gently reminded us that He is the One who orchestrates the details of our lives, and that being blessed with Jaden and Luke was never due to any efforts we made to find a child. But as we surrendered our hopes and dreams to His will, He was able to carry out His perfect plan for our family. Each step of our journey had been leading us to the destination He had intended from the very beginning, we just had to be willing and obedient to follow Him wherever He might lead.

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