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from Todd:
It's
been an interesting wait- the near 50 or so weeks of waiting to hear about our child ready to adopt in Ethiopia. The two years of preparing and planning- and in this time God has taught me plenty. Now that we have our referral of a 10 month old little boy, I have learned that when I first began
praying for Tarik he wasn't
even born yet. I was already
loving that little guy before
he was formed in his mother's womb.
I was imaging what he'd look like, and how he would fit into our family. Many thoughts flooded my mind as I pictured
what Tarik would look like and how his personality would unfold.
Then
as the idea stewed in my heart that Tarik was not even born yet when I first
started praying for him, it made me have a deeper appreciation for my own
Creator. It made me concentrate on how God loved me before I was born. In fact, God loved us all before we were
born. He is the omniscient/all knowing
God.
Scripture
tells us in Psalm 139:13-16
13
"For You created my inmost being; you
knit me together in my
mother's womb.
14 "I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, your
works are wonderful, I know that full and well.
15 "My frame was not hidden from you when I
was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths
of the earth, (a
metaphor for the womb, depths used here is the
Hebrew word tachtiy
making reference to the womb
of a mother.)
16 "Your eyes saw my unformed
body."
It was enlightening to know that I was loving a
little boy before he was born, before he was formed, and my God loves me that
much more before I was formed, before I was even born.
Friend, God knows you! He loves you and has loved you before you can
put a start to your time on this earth. The Question is...Do you know Him? Talk to Him today and thank Him for the life
that He has given to you! Thank Him for such
a deep and everlasting love!
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