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The most earnest prayer I pray is "Come Lord Jesus.  Please come quickly.  We are looking for you.  We are looking forward to your return.  We pray it is soon."

I'm not sure if it's the heat or what, but so many children have passed away recently.  So many orphans have passed away.  Many of them were alone and unloved.

A lot of loved and wanted children, living with their parents, have also died in the past few weeks.  It's a brutal reality.  Whether we hear about it or not, it happens.  Every day.  How can we not LONG for heaven?  

It would be easier not to look, not to know, not to be called to pray for these little ones.  But I am.  And I do.  I pray for sick children to be healed.  I wait for each orphan to be chosen.  For each family called to say yes to God.  To listen and obey.  To trust and obey.  To step out in faith.  To sacrifice a little (yes it is so very little that we actually sacrifice when you consider our standard of living compared with most of the world, especially abandoned children).

It's not convenient or easy to say yes.  (When are children ever easy?)  There are some that say adoption is the current evangelical Christian fad.  Oh how I wish it were.  There are some communities where several families adopted after one family's journey lit their fellow Christians' hearts on fire for orphans.  I wish every community had several adoptive families.  I wish it were the norm, not the exception.

I don't believe everyone is called to adopt.  Our callings are between us and Christ alone.  But my heart's cry for my fellow believers is that we all say as Samuel did, "Speak, for thy servant heareth."     I am grieved for the times my Lord was calling and I was not listening.  I fall so short.  I desperately need my risen Savior.  If we are to live eternally minded, we will be about our Father's business - whatever that means for each of us.

Some very kind friends of ours heard God's call to support us in this adoption and have given us a very generous donation.  Thank you so much dear friends.  We know others are praying along with us for our new son and we are so very grateful for that.

If you've never seen this video (below), please take a moment to watch it.  It convicts me every time.  Not just about adoption, but about aligning our desires with the heart of Christ.  He's a good, good Father, and so worthy.


Click here for the video...DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE