Posted on We Are Grafted In on December 29, 2010…
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Over the years, starting even when we had just two kids, I have heard statements (from friends, family, and strangers alike) such as
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You DON’T have enough kids! Mommas with hearts like yours should be blessed with more. Encouraged by you today!
beautiful and perfect. i may print it out and carry it around with me to give out.
Amen! Can’t wait for our family to grow…and grow…and grow!
Sooooo right one! What a GREAT point to make. I am sharing this! 🙂
I SO needed to hear this today! My husband and I are young (23) and going through the adoption process to bring home a 2 child sibling set from the county we live in. We have gotten a lot of discouragement from people saying we are too young, or starting with two kids is impossible but we KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that God has called us to adopt whoever these 2 children may be. My kids may not have the newest toys or video games or have expensive hobbies but they are going to have a family with two parents who love them. thank you for the encouragement to not live by the worlds standards, it spoke to my heart and encouraged me more than you know. thank you.
I too will be sharing this. Thank you for putting into words what so many are feeling. It can be hard to be different than most other people. It is difficult being questioned at every turn, often by complete strangers who are merely being intrusive. I can be hurtful to know that even those closest to you simply do not understand why you do what you do. At the end of the day, we only have to answer to ONE.
Blessings,
Holly
6 months after our first adoption my husband and I came to the same conclusion about adoption, we were called to adopt and it was not up to us to decide how many was “enough.” We are blessed to serve a God who knows better than we do! So, our next child will be coming home early 2012 and we cannot wait to see what else is in store for us.
God bless your HUGE (hehehe) family!!!
A friend sent me a link to your blog. Wow! We are actually waiting for number 7. I do have so many of the same feelings that you wrote about. Why do I feel like I have to explain the circumstance of this adoption ? Why do I feel the need to justify the why in it? I don’t know but for some
reason I feel like I need to justify our choice. Now I will send them to your blog ; )!
Thanks for sharing,Jody
Amen…what the Lord calls blessings, the world calls curses.
Hi, I really enjoyed this blogpost today! We have 9 blessings so far from 22 down to 1 year old- plus a daughter-in-love and a granddaughter, as well. So many times I have had to bite my tongue trying to follow Thumper’s advice. I am not always so graceful. In fact, when someone very dear to me and close to me commented that surely we weren’t going to have any more or adopt any more children…I did ask , “Well, WHICH one of these would YOU prefer to send back?!?!?!” It at least made her think! Thanks again for this very eloquent article. Please keep on keeping on!!!