When Brian and I married at age 22, we were excited to begin our lives together. Even though we were young, we had both been through some serious difficulties, and were happily looking forward to a fresh start, building a family together. At the time, neither of us knew the Lord as Saviour, and it never occurred to us that someone else might have a say in our future plans. But five years down the road, all of that changed.
When our son, Lorne was just two years old, we both came to know Jesus. Two years later, we decided to try to have another child. With two older sisters, Lorne was hoping for a brother, but we would have been happy with whatever the Lord sent us, boy or girl. It turned out that God had plans for neither. After four lost pregnancies, it was clear that another baby was not in our future.
During that time, I drew very close to the Lord, and though I didn't understand His reasons for not allowing us to have another baby, I was completely at peace with whatever happened, even during the times I was hospitalized, able to do nothing but wait. That time just served to strengthen my faith in whatever God had planned.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither your ways my ways. saith the Lord. Isaiah 55:8
It was two years later that adoption came up, and all of a sudden, everything became clear. I truly believe that when God closed the door to us having biological children, he opened the door to us fostering and adopting. This is the plan that he had for our lives, and he put the desire in our hearts to raise other people's children as our own. He has blessed us far beyond what we could have imagined, but he has brought us through some difficult times too. He never promised us that it would be easy or that everything would always go the way that we think it should. Our Lord allows difficulties in our lives that we may grow nearer to him.
Has God closed a door in your life? No matter how difficult our circumstances, God can and will provide another way.....we just have to keep our focus on Him....and be ready to follow where He leads!
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