One Year Ago Today

From my journal this morning:

August 7, 2013

Isaiah 41:8-10

But you, Israel, My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

Descendant of Abraham, My friend,

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,

And called from the remotest parts,

And said to you, you are My servant,

I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Do not fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God,

I will strengthen you, surely I will help you

Surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

I remember vividly one year ago TODAY when we told our agency that the photo they had sent was our boys.  They were the ones chosen before time to be a Fish Stick.  Somehow I knew instantly that they were ours.  I never thought we would hit the one year mark without them home.  I never thought this process would have been so hard.  I never envisioned hang ups and waits like this. 

God, please let us raise them; let us teach them to know and love YOU; let me touch them, kiss them, love them; let me cry at their weddings and cheer at their graduations.  Let me kiss their boo boos and pray over their fears.

Amen