four babies all under 1 1/2. three adopted at birth, and all got to use the same judge. this was a good day...our wait was finally over! I'm not sure i have ever known a couple that has trudged through the waters of adoption without a fight, and usually not without hurt along the way. the process is hard, long, painstaking. It ebbs and flows. it is at times ravenous in it's emotions, yet at others a calm sea that is blissful and joyous. But no matter the process, no matter the fight, no matter the intensity in which it takes to get you to the end...the end is...well...a beautiful beginning!
Adoption can't compare notes. the reason for it's inception in any one couple's life is meaningless when the end, or should i say the beginning, is in it's fruition. to compare the journey is cathartic for some, but still...no more meaningful than then next when looking your child in the eyes for the first time. But nonetheless, the journey had to be innitiated, had to be endured, and had to be finished...all t's crossed, and i's dotted along the way with perfection. There can be no mistakes if you want your end to become your beginning. yet we as parents, knowing full well what is in store, set foot on that journey anyway. we are in great search of fulfilling that which God has set before us in James 1 to put feet to His words of true religion. and we will do it at all costs!
How great it must be to come to the realization that your parents fought so hard for you, stayed the course through pain, trial, suffering, and uncertainty. How amazing it must be to know that God has a very startegically placed verse in His Word just for you who are adopted to be put in such high regard as to say that one only has true religion if they take care of YOU! How beautiful it would be to hear your story of how you were searched for, longed for, waited for, only to discover that your Lord too was searched for, longed for, waited for and ultimately adopted Himself. what solace to know He can relate to your very intricate, delicate, vulnerable situation. Jesus Himself...adopted! My heart palpitates just thinking how that similarity would feel inside my heart to hear and know such things about my God! To relate to Him in such a way!
And then i remember... I am adopted! I have been adopted by God and am now a joint heir with him. i was sought out, bought with a price...a painful, humiliating price that ultimately lead to his death. his life was at times peaceful and joyous, and at times tumultuous with ravenous wolves just waiting to get their hands on him. But He died for Me. He transferred all rights to me as his daughter and my inheritance awaits me in Heaven. He gave me new life. He promises to fulfill all he has begun in me to perfection. i can communicate with Him as my dad, one who knows me completely. One who would do anything for me...because He already did! But His end was simply my beginning too...for He rose again!
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