tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post9203277636199621871..comments2023-05-31T05:42:53.169-05:00Comments on By Our Love: While We Wait: SacrificeRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15253783284975097995noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-17942827901921780672011-03-29T10:26:37.197-05:002011-03-29T10:26:37.197-05:00Hi! I read this on "We are Grafted In" ...Hi! I read this on "We are Grafted In" as well. Thank you for sharing, and I know the feelings. We have felt the same way. Keep trusting that God is in control!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117314735070835784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-44151639659381796472011-03-29T09:45:18.053-05:002011-03-29T09:45:18.053-05:00I read this on "We are Grafted In" and e...I read this on "We are Grafted In" and every word resonated deeply with me. Although we have a bio son, we are adopting our second child from Ethiopia and sat on our referral for 7 months before finally being given a court date! <br /><br />Then, a month from our court date, we too heard the news about MOWA. We already had been looking at a face, picturing her in our home, speaking her name, and loving her from far away for 8 months at that point. ANd I asked God, "If we aren't able to adopt her, what am I going to do? You have already shown us her face. We are head over heels in love with her. What am I going to do if she can't be our daughter?" To which He immediately replied, "What ARE you going to do?" It was at that moment I realized that God had brought that precious girl into our lives forever. Be it through international adoption or monthly support (if Ethiopia really did end adoption), she would be our daughter. I felt so much peace after that realization.<br /><br />I am happy to report we have our MOWA letter and are leaving for Ethiopia in 8 days! God is good!<br /><br />Thanks for your post<br /><br />:)MelissaMeliskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110415935998019937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-19156780539206725622011-03-12T19:40:47.286-06:002011-03-12T19:40:47.286-06:00I love this post and your honesty and faith. I th...I love this post and your honesty and faith. I think other adoptive parents would also benefit from reading it. Would you be willing to let us repost it on "We Are Grafted In" (www.weregraftedin.com)? It is a Christian adoption website/forum. We would need a brief bio of you and a picture to use when your post would be reposted. People would then be directed back to your blog. Feel free to visit the site to see what it's all about if you are unfamiliar with it and to contact me with any questions. Thanks again for a great post!<br />Blessings!<br />Stephanie (smurphy28@juno.com)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111555612816996918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-49384491378500355632011-03-10T11:18:01.278-06:002011-03-10T11:18:01.278-06:00I just read about the Ethiopia situation in an upd...I just read about the Ethiopia situation in an update from Rainbowkids. I am praying for peace for you guys and that your baby will come to you soon. I pray you are in the 10% that gets through quickly if that's what the case is there. You guys are already great parents, and I can't wait to see you with your child from God!Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051311300478249936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-56852458717941818962011-03-08T13:20:26.938-06:002011-03-08T13:20:26.938-06:00oh boy, do I know this feeling! The 'God, anyt...oh boy, do I know this feeling! The 'God, anything but THAT' feeling. I felt exactly the same way while we were waiting and I really know how hard it is. I've just finished reading (as in, two days ago) Timothy Keller's book called 'Counterfeit Gods' which was easy to read, but has lots of stuff in it that is REALLY hard to live. He makes the really good point that most of our heart's idols are good things, not bad things... but they are good things we have put in place of God. Things like motherhood! I felt like I could see my own sinful heart so clearly in everything he was writing about. Lately I've realised just how much each temporary idol is just that... temporary. For a while it seems like everything will be fixed if I just have this ONE THING (for me - that was a baby!) and then so quickly even these wonderful things show us just how unsatisfying they really are. We still want MORE - unless we are really finding our everything in Jesus. This is one of those things that I know, but have to tell myself about a billion times a week (which is why I'm typing this super-long comment). Anyway, I think what I really wanted to say was: great post! <br /><br />(and ps great point about 'giving' God control - ha!)Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09352341442556433375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-1763536770270152752011-03-07T14:21:19.827-06:002011-03-07T14:21:19.827-06:00I LOVE this post. Praying with hope beside you.I LOVE this post. Praying with hope beside you.Bonnie Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925197252600897671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-84181992756952030822011-03-05T20:20:52.087-06:002011-03-05T20:20:52.087-06:00What a beautiful post. Thank you for sharing this....What a beautiful post. Thank you for sharing this. We're going through all those emotions now, too and are praying hard for all of us.Kirstin Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631507577310218402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-43279938646515119062011-03-05T19:12:18.326-06:002011-03-05T19:12:18.326-06:00You are in my prayers, Rebecca. I am glad that you...You are in my prayers, Rebecca. I am glad that your faith is giving you such strength during these uncertain times.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855145567035760634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648529125972116087.post-7317627373316573552011-03-05T18:43:32.622-06:002011-03-05T18:43:32.622-06:00Rebecca, I just love you! Thank you for sharing t...Rebecca, I just love you! Thank you for sharing this very difficult and personal part of your life. Praying that God will richly bless you and Rob. He loves you and He is faithful.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11314685108007895323noreply@blogger.com