Sanctity of Life

We had the most amazing service at church on Sunday. I was so happy to get to be a part of it. It was the Sanctity of Life Sunday nation wide. Basically what this means is that churches throughout the nation were addressing the atrocity of abortion. At our particular church, one person from each year 1973 on was asked to walk into the sanctuary carrying a rose to represent all babies that had been aborted for that year. I was representing 1982. Over 45 million babies have legally been aborted since 1973!!

My preacher was amazing when addressing this to the congregation. Suprisingly he said that 1 in 6 abortions are by women who claim to be born again Christians. What?!? I was so relieved to hear that he agreed with my beliefs in that life begins at conception and anything after that is murder!

The most amazing part of the sermon was his focus on God's grace and forgiveness. While this is an atrocity in God's eyes, he is faithful to forgive if someone has done it in the past. The emotional distress that it can cause can be unbearable. Only Jesus can take away that emotional distress from your life.

How precious he is!! How could we bear our lives without him? We can't!

Lord, thank you for loving me so much and taking away my burden!

God's Plan

It never ceases to amaze me how all the events of our life fall perfectly into God's plan, not ours. We had a court hearing this morning, and the birthparents' goal was changed to termination of rights. We were in and out of the courtroom within 5 minutes, because there was simply nothing to argue. From here, the state's attorney will file the petition to terminate parental rights on January 27th!! Then we will have the termination hearing(s). After we wait 31 days from that point, we can file our paperwork for adoption!!! Everything is falling into place and so quickly. It must be God's plan. When we were fighting for our own plan, nothing fell into place. Now my heart is bursting with joy. I am so thankful that the judge decided to return the other 3 kids home they way he did. Even though I didn't like it at the time, it has turned out beautifully for them. He made the right decision. I am so thankful that God gave us the courage to accept this placement 11 days later! I am thankful that the children's aunt made the decision to let the 3 children live together, and Lacy came to live with us. WOW!! My God is amazing. None of this could have been possible if not for his grace. Now the children will have a life of love, stability, and learning about our Savior. A life that they could not imagine before, and are still having a hard time believing. They still think soon they will be moving to another home. Today, I finally get to tell them that they are staying with us forever and that they, too, will be CORBLYS!!!

Father, thank you for your grace. We are undeserving, yet you shower us with you love. Please help me to reflect your love to others in your name!