This month I had a plan as to the direction of this column. It was all “plotted†out since I would have my hands full with our newest family member. I have tried to sit down and put it in order. It just has not happened. I think the Lord just wants me to speak from my heart and get back to the “nuts and bolts†of adoption next month.
After discussing when to adopt, I want to tell you a bit about the 2 private domestic adoptions we have successfully completed. When our first child, Zach , came into our lives it took us in like a whirlwind. I knew the moment we received a message on our answering machine that this little boy was the one God had for us. Zach has been the firecracker in our lives from the start. We went from being a 2 person family to a 3 person family in 60 days. He was an answer to prayer and every time I look at him I know that God remembers. Zachary David means: God remembers His beloved. God wanted me to know that He always hears my prayers.
When you begin your adoption journey bathe it in prayer. Pray over your child as if you were carrying it in your own belly. Zach is living proof that praying over him before I even knew about him kept him safe. His birth mom used drugs and smoked during her pregnancy. He was a smaller baby, but other than that he was healthy. That is God’s protection. God heard the prayers of this mother and answered.
Another “little thing†God did just for me during the time of Zach adoption is…..I had desperately asked God to have a child by the time I was 30 years old. My birthday came and went and no baby was even on the horizon. I dealt with the emotion of that and moved on in life. When I spoke with the birth mom’s doctor he confirmed that Zach had indeed been conceived sometime in late April or early May. Guess when my birthday is….May 8. Yes, God hears the prayers of an adoptive mom’s heart.
Now our sweet Gabe came as more of a surprise. We had been focusing our efforts and prayers on a toddler age child. Our other son that we are trying to bring home is now 7, so we felt that a toddler would fit better into our family structure. God had another idea and let us know very clearly that Gabe’s destiny was with The Krause House. We had no idea that we would have another newborn to bring home and what a wonderful blessing he has been. We had prayed that God would send the right child into our home whose destiny we could help to fulfill. The moment surrounding finding out about Gabe was such a God moment that it is hard to describe. It was another one of those….I just knew it moments. We were off on another fast track to adoption of our 3rd son. We were able to hold little Gabe in our arms in just 4 months at the tender age of 2 hours old. God is so good to listen to our prayers. Gabe fits perfectly into our family and is exactly what we all needed. God hears our prayers despite what we ask for in life. He takes our prayers and hears what we really need.
To wrap this up…I think what I’d like to say is that prayer for your children is the most important thing that you can do for them. Regardless of the circumstances of where you are in your adoption process. God has blessed us with 2 quick domestic adoptions. Both have been not been the average wait. Each adoption was very different. Our actual 2nd adoption is still in process and has/is taking much prayer and patience on this mom’s part. I’ll share about that one some day.
In the mean time…Take a prayer journey for your child whether you know where they are or not. God hears the prayers of a mother’s heart. He’ll send an angel to watch over each and every child. He always has mine.
Blessings on your journey.
