Hey friends,
So, the "Project Presence" team traveling to Ethiopia with Awake & Alive this September (a team I am honored to be a part of) is reading through Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis. It is seriously hard to put down and there is an entire book full of quotes that I want to share with you all. However, just know that it should go on your "to read" list if it isn't already.
Anyway- a section I just read rocked my heart and I just wanted to share it with you. You see, sometimes I think I am absolutely insane (not something you wanna hear from a clinical therapist) HA! However, most of you know that what I offer here on this blog is real. It is sometimes raw and painfully transparent- but it is real.
I do though, (sometimes) feel insane for perusing international adoption. The process is so long, so expensive and sometimes even difficult to emotionally comprehend that our daughter could be out there in an Ethiopian orphanage or growing in her mommy's belly and we don't yet know who she is! Every great once in a while, I get struck by this fear that I wouldn't be a good mommy of two children and that maybe I should stick with our little family of three because I am comfortable there. Usually, God brings me right back to where I need to be- and that is the reminder that if I am following HIS word and HIS command- then even if things are difficult- I can be comfortable; just in a different way. I can be comfortable in resting in the peace of God, and that is the only comfort I need.
The following is from the end of chapter 7 of Kisses from Katie and is the exactly what I needed tonight. I hope it blesses, challenges and inspires you.
"The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases and the 8.5 million who work as child slaves, prostitutes, or under other horrific conditions and the 2.3 million who live with HIV add up to 164.8 million needy children. And, though at first glance that looks like a big number, 2.1 billion people on this earth proclaim to be Christians. THE TRUTH is that if only 8% of the Christians would care for one more child, there would not be any statistics left. This is the truth. I have the freedom to believe it. The freedom, the opportunity to do something about it. The truth is that He loves these children just as much as he loves me and now that I know, I am responsible."
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Blessings,
Amber
