thewaitingheart

Your responses will educate, encourage, prepare and exhort those around you.  There are times when your heart longs to be refreshed and lifted by your friends and family.  You may find at the end of a day, though, that you are the one carrying them.  It can be heavy if you have a large family or church community.  During this wait, God will be refining your intimate circle.  This will be important for bonding with your child when she comes home.  He will also be teaching you how to redirect people's comments.  This, too, will be vital when your little one is home forever (especially if you are adopting an older child or will have a multi-ethnic family).  You get to practice, out of the ear-shot of your child, loving, gracious and Godly responses to crazy questions.  God is using you subtly through your obedience and overtly by your direct answers to teach people about the beautiful plan of adoption.  Amazing!