Many years ago, while thinking about my future family, I pictured a husband and little ones running around in a beautiful home with an enormous backyard. I saw my husband holding an adorable little boy, a little girl running about crazily in her "own selected" attire, and another beautiful child. This beautiful child would not share our genes but would share our hearts.
Talking with my husband has also increased this feeling that "we" as a growing family were looking to expand our hearts as far as God would allow. Prayers, conversations, explanations, and many other forms of acceptance and challenges have come with making this decision.
Finally...
The Denton family has made the astounding decision that our hearts are calling us towards foster care and adoption. Kevin and I have been praying continuously that God will give us a new baby that we can love, cherish, and train to love God will all their hearts.
We are excited, nervous, scared, overwhelmed...I don' t think there is one emotion that truly describes what we feel as we entered this journey to potential parenthood. God makes it clear that has parents we are to truly raise our children with the desire and thirst for him.
2 Timothy 3:14-15 directly talks about the influence of children and faith.
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
I want my children to experience the love of God the way I did. My mother and father raised their children to love all creatures (big and small), to give our greatest effort, and to always trust that God is in control. I truly believe that God has called the Denton Family to do the same. To extend our love and stretch is as far as the universe is wide.
We are making mini Fishers of Men.
Kevin and I are uncertain of the gender, age, and background of the child God will gift us with but we are constantly in reflection in knowing that God will select one that is "perfect" in his eyes; for us.
Matthew 18:4
Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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