My sister is in a class at church on Tuesday mornings and she shared a little bit of one of the lessons with me. She said the lesson was about family and children and the differences in every family. She said that it focused on people often asking the question of "why"? Why does my child have a disability? Why do I only have boys when I would love to have a girl? Why can't I get pregnant when I want to? Why do our children struggle with this when so many others don't?
She then followed it with this statement that just made so much sense to me. She said, "The family you have is the family God intended for you. It has already been decided and is what God sees as perfect for you."
I just love that. If it's the family that God intended for me, it is the perfect family. Whether it is through adoption or whether we end up with kiddos with special needs and our family ends up looking a bit different. It is a 100% perfect family because it is the family God intended for ME! Not for my sister or friend or anyone else. ME!
Believe me, when you are walking the non traditional road to parenthood and often ask, "Man God why do things look so different for us" these truths are such a great reminder and give me so much joy and excited anticipation to see what family God has intended for us! If different is what God intended for me why in the world would I ever wish for normal!
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