My very very dear friend Andrea sent me this book a couple of weeks ago. What a wonderful, touching story! It's amazing how God orchestrated the efforts to save this little boy!Here is a description of the book:
www.focusonthefamily.com/focusmagazine/sohl/A000000697.cfm
One section really spoke to me: (Page 92)
"Every adoptive parent wonders if there will be a natural attraction to a new child. And what if there's not? Does that mean you love the child less or are incapable of really loving him or her? No. You must simply love in deed first, and then feelings of love will follow. Our society has this love thing all twisted around. We think the basis of love is our feelings, but it's not. The New Testament teaches that love is a decision to act. Love is always about what you do for others, not what you feel."
My prayer is that I will see our little girl through God's eyes, and that I will have HIS love to love her completely and forever. It comforts me to know that my feelings of inadequacy are nothing compared the great love that our heavenly Father already has for her.
The following verses from the old testament totally spoke to us once we decided to petition to adopt BoBo:
Deuteronomy 28, 2 - 8
All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock - the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flock. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. The Lord will grant the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
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