Three weeks from today, papers will be signed and we will be given the hand of a beautiful little boy. We are excited to see this prayer being answered but let me explain the prayer that we have prayed for the last 4 years...
Adoption is a result of a broken world. Adoption is not a child tied up in a pretty bow, delivered to your doorstep just because you asked God for a child. Our prayer has always been, "God if you can use us through adoption, we are willing to walk that path." That little boy that God is trusting us with, comes with a broken heart and story. He does not love us and understand that we are a safe place. That we will love him through the hurt, that we have been and will continue to pray for God to heal his heart.
We celebrate but we also grieve. There will be hard days ahead...days of tears, honesty and asking God to give us hope for the future. God is asking us, as a family, to show unconditional love to a little boy that will not understand that concept. We will teach him to pray to a God that he will not trust. There will be days that will feel as though we are sifting through ashes but God WILL BE THERE. He has written this family's story before we were formed. He has a purpose and we will find joy in those moments of clarity. We will find joy when we see peace in our son's eyes. He is a precious soul and we are excited to be a part of his story. We are excited to be trusted with his past and be a part of his future. We are also excited about those of you that God will use to influence his heart towards the Savior.
Many of you have prayed with us over the years that God would answer our prayers for this adoption...now we ask you to pray for the aftermath...the beauty in the ashes of adoption. Pray that we represent Jesus well in the face of the brokenness that is soon to come. There are 6 hearts deeply affected by the signatures on those papers 3 weeks from today. We will grieve the loss for our son, his birth parents and ourselves. We look forward to introducing him to you and to celebrating the answered prayers with you.
Love-
The Wood Family
