"The LORD your God is with you; he is mighty to save.He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing." Zeph. 3:17
Recently, Neah and I, and a few of her siblings, went into a store. Neah was dressed in new clothes and was laden in about 20 new plastic bracelets and a shiny new butterfly necklace. She was gleaming and glowing.
No one seeing her could help but grin at her girly apparel. I smiled, too, but with a feeling of warm-hearted gratitude. All of her new things had recently come from a party, one held just for her, where she gleefully opened gift after gift with squeals of unabashed happiness. This was our 5th adoption, our 13th child, our 8th adopted child, but this was the very first time that I, or my child, had ever been thrown a party like this. It was an adoption shower, complete with a fancy cake, pink decorations and piles of presents.
All over the world, girls and boys long for their very own family. They are pushed and shoved into dark places where they wonder what good thing could ever come their way. For some of them, there are families who are praying for them and completing paperwork for them and will even come for them.
When those children do find their way home, it is truly a time for rejoicing, for parties, for presents with ribbons and bows. What an honor to let an orphan know that they are fatherless no more!
This was my first "Fatherless No More" party. Sweet women took time out of their lives to rejoice over a little lost lamb being found. It reminds me of the Lord himself rejoicing over us, calming us, taking delight in us.
There are over a million orphans in this world, all hoping that someone will love them. If you can't adopt one, maybe you can become a party-thrower and hold a "Fatherless No More" party for a child, for a child who is no longer pushed into that dark corner.
Thank you, my dear friends, for rejoicing over Neah!
Recently, Neah and I, and a few of her siblings, went into a store. Neah was dressed in new clothes and was laden in about 20 new plastic bracelets and a shiny new butterfly necklace. She was gleaming and glowing.
No one seeing her could help but grin at her girly apparel. I smiled, too, but with a feeling of warm-hearted gratitude. All of her new things had recently come from a party, one held just for her, where she gleefully opened gift after gift with squeals of unabashed happiness. This was our 5th adoption, our 13th child, our 8th adopted child, but this was the very first time that I, or my child, had ever been thrown a party like this. It was an adoption shower, complete with a fancy cake, pink decorations and piles of presents.
All over the world, girls and boys long for their very own family. They are pushed and shoved into dark places where they wonder what good thing could ever come their way. For some of them, there are families who are praying for them and completing paperwork for them and will even come for them.
When those children do find their way home, it is truly a time for rejoicing, for parties, for presents with ribbons and bows. What an honor to let an orphan know that they are fatherless no more!
This was my first "Fatherless No More" party. Sweet women took time out of their lives to rejoice over a little lost lamb being found. It reminds me of the Lord himself rejoicing over us, calming us, taking delight in us.
There are over a million orphans in this world, all hoping that someone will love them. If you can't adopt one, maybe you can become a party-thrower and hold a "Fatherless No More" party for a child, for a child who is no longer pushed into that dark corner.
Thank you, my dear friends, for rejoicing over Neah!
That is lovely...but honestly - I also think you can be grateful that she isn't one of the little ones triggered by parties. Something like that would have thrown Anastasia into a week-long melt-down! And, in those early days I wouldn't have understood it at all.
ReplyDeleteNeah sounds like a little jewel, all right!
Stumbled upon your blog and am so happy that I have! What a family of God. Hope you don't mind, but I'll read through from time to time!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that Neah got such a lovely party and that she was able to enjoy it! It's amazing how well she's adjusting. I'm so thrilled for you all!
ReplyDeleteGod is so good!
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