Schultz writes this:
Inspired by this family’s story, my wife continued to look at the implications for our own family. She said, “Since you’re adopted I think we should adopt kids too.” I said, “Ok that’s fine.” She said, “I think we should adopt kids maybe with special needs.” And I said, “Ok, that seems like a tall order.” She continued, “Maybe someday we adopt kids with special needs that the doctor only knows they’re going to live for a year or two.” I responded, “Honey, why would we do that?” And my wife said, “Because before they go to heaven, I want them to know what a great Christmas is like and I want them to know what a great birthday is like and let them know that they were loved well before they get to heaven and realize that love. I want them to know that they were loved here on earth and celebrate them here.”
When I hear this story, I think of my friend who told me yesterday that she and her husband are wanting to adopt possibly two children with special needs...inviting suffering into their lives in order to experience God's love more fully and live out that love for his children.
When I hear this story, I think of our friends Liz and Matt whose baby was diagnosed with a chromosomal disorder while Liz was pregnant. Though they knew their baby wouldn't live much past birth, they chose to carry Hope anyway. I envied the intimacy they were experiencing with God as they walked through it.
When I hear this story, I think of my husband's aunt and uncle, who had two children with a very rare genetic disorder called Mucolipidosis type III that gave them only three years to live. To hear Laura talk about it with a heart full of faith in a good God brings tears to my eyes even now.
God is so good.
My friend, Holly, wrote this blog post recently
about a little girl with DS who really needed to be adopted.
Caleb and I prayed for her again yesterday.
Just now, I checked out the website again and saw that
Just now, I checked out the website again and saw that
God is so good.
2 comments:
Such a touching post, Mandy. Thanks for sharing these stories about people who have so much love to give. Makes me want to be like them.
That made me cry. What a sweet story. Stories! And just to think, we are the ones who are truly loved and taken in by God, whose suffering was far greater. Now there is a beautiful story.
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