Yours....

Last night at church during communion I was praying for this child(ren) that God has blessed us with. My prayer has been since we found out is:

Father~

Thank you for this gift of life you have blessed us with.

Thank you for the journey, and for the love you have shown us.

Thank you for your patience as we have cried, been angry, and rejoiced.

Thank you for sending your son, for this child.

Father, we know that ultimately this child is YOURS.

You have placed this little person in our lives.

This is YOUR plan, this is YOUR child, and we pray that we can raise them in YOUR plans.

For the time that you give us with this little one, we pray we can be an example of you.

Help us see with your eyes, love with your heart, listen with your ears, and speak with your words. Amen

Thank you again for this gift, may we be the parents you have called us to be.

Our friend Vandee sang a song called Yours by Steven Curtis Chapman last night. The first three verses were written before the final one. He wrote the final verse after losing one of his adopted daughters in an accident at his home. His prayer is and was that although he walked through this valley of losing a child, this child was ultimately His. Here is link to a video on Utube....lengthy but totally worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ERm0_tuKM

Em