plans

"I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29.11

David loves to hear about us picking him up in Ethiopia. Just recently I even got his photo book done of our journey to the Ethiopia which he LOVES to go through. His favorite part seems to be mommy crying the first time he came through the doors of the transitional home. Like me and you, David longs to feel completely loved. My tears of joy, anxiousness, excitement and exhaustion bring a piece of my love to life in his heart.

The other night we [David and I] were waiting for Casey to get home and were talking about God's love. I will be honest it is sometimes hard for me to comprehend God's love so to try and tell David about it can be challenging. The joy of only being two though is that he is far more open to understanding and grasping it then I am at twenty-eight. But as we talked I kept thinking of our journey to David. With his sweet little face right in front of mine I told him that not only does God love him but God has incredible plans for him. To which David responded - "what kind of plans?" Well, I said, only God can tell you that. So we will just have to wait patiently as God prepares you and even mommy for them.

What if Casey and I had only followed our plans for family? We never dreamed of adopting, especially not from Ethiopia. God has incredible plans!