Today is Orphan Sunday.
Kevin records his sermons so I can listen to them after the service each week. I'm in children's church during that part of the service so I'm always thankful that I can go back and listen.
His message today, "Children of God", included some testimony about our adoption journey.
(Sermon Audio)
Adoption has taught us so much about the depth of God's love.
My heart is full and thankful.
I am sooooooo thankful for all the Lord has done and continues to do.
I am thankful for how Kevin continues to listen and follow the Spirit.
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God
decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to
himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave
him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. - Ephesians 1:4-6
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Friday, November 9, 2018
This Month.
This month.
This month - November.
- National Adoption Awareness Month
- Orphan Sunday
- Travel approval for our trip to China - 11/11/16
- Flight to China - the day before Thanksgiving 11/23/16
- Sofi's Birthday - 11/27
- Sofi's Gotcha Day - 11/28
It floods my heart. It floods my mind.
This season will never be the same for our family.
It stirs in me intentionally with all the celebration.
It stirs in me unexpectedly from deep places.
The unexpected moments hit hard and sudden. Sofi is so deeply woven into who we are that two years seems so rigidly short. It's hard for me to swallow the fact that she spent her first three years without us. I can recall the facts and celebrate the anniversaries, but it's the pictures that hit my heart. The pictures remind me of the empty bed; the little praying hands of her brothers and sister; the gifts that waited; the first photos that gave us a glimpse. Then my mind swirls back. My heart recalls the ache. the wait. the uncertainty. the four years.
Suddenly, I'm overcome with thanksgiving because I replay the prayers of faith - and now I look at the answers to each. and. every. one.
Sofi is here, and we will celebrate.
"Sofi"
That's all she will accept. If you call her cute or silly or anything else - she says,
"No. I Sofi."
Sofi.
Sofi Shu Yarbrough
This month.
This month belongs to Sofi.
And we will pour out our thanksgiving to our great God.
Give thanks to Him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.- Psalm 136:4
This month - November.
- National Adoption Awareness Month
- Orphan Sunday
- Travel approval for our trip to China - 11/11/16
- Flight to China - the day before Thanksgiving 11/23/16
- Sofi's Birthday - 11/27
- Sofi's Gotcha Day - 11/28
It floods my heart. It floods my mind.
This season will never be the same for our family.
It stirs in me intentionally with all the celebration.
It stirs in me unexpectedly from deep places.
The unexpected moments hit hard and sudden. Sofi is so deeply woven into who we are that two years seems so rigidly short. It's hard for me to swallow the fact that she spent her first three years without us. I can recall the facts and celebrate the anniversaries, but it's the pictures that hit my heart. The pictures remind me of the empty bed; the little praying hands of her brothers and sister; the gifts that waited; the first photos that gave us a glimpse. Then my mind swirls back. My heart recalls the ache. the wait. the uncertainty. the four years.
Suddenly, I'm overcome with thanksgiving because I replay the prayers of faith - and now I look at the answers to each. and. every. one.
Sofi is here, and we will celebrate.
"Sofi"
That's all she will accept. If you call her cute or silly or anything else - she says,
"No. I Sofi."
Sofi.
Sofi Shu Yarbrough
This month.
This month belongs to Sofi.
And we will pour out our thanksgiving to our great God.
Give thanks to Him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.- Psalm 136:4
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