Friendships and Blessings

I almost never do back-to-back blogs, but sometimes the significant explodes and I’m compelled to share. A few months after my husband died, I decided to write a book about him for the boys. At one point during my writing, my eyes were opened to all that God was doing in my marriage to prepare me for his death. I stopped, lifted my fingers from the keyboard, and prayed to God that I would never see Him in my rearview mirror again. I wanted to see Him boldly every day from that day forward. And I have.

My words cannot express all the intricate ways God is weaving the tapestry of my life. I scare can take it in. Very often, He chooses in His abundant mercy to bless me in ways that make my heart want to explode. One of the ways He has done that is through a journey I’ve been taking with a dear, sweet friend of mine.

God has chosen to intersect my life with some pretty incredible people and I can never thank Him enough for my friends. One very, very special friend of mine is in the process of adopting a little girl from Ethiopia. Over the past week, she has been waiting anxiously for “the call”--the big call where she receives confirmation that the adoption was official and her travel dates are set. Well, she got that call yesterday afternoon. My heart truly burst with joy when I spoke with shortly after the call.

How often in our relationships have we nodded and said we were excited about something and then a few minutes later went about our business without it actually affecting us? We just go through the perfunctory nodding and head tilting and then move on. Yes, I stand guilty as charged. I’ve done that on occasion.

But not this time! I find my thoughts consumed by her joy as if it were my own. I am honored that God has intersected our lives and allowed me to share in this great journey of obedience with her. The blessing it has brought to me is incredible. I do not feel called in the area of adoption, but boy I am having a ball supporting my dear friend in her journey. I love to watch God work the lives of others as well as in my own.

I pray that God blesses her new daughter in a uniquely special way! She surely has one very special mama headed to pick her up. And I, for one, can’t wait to welcome her home!