Three wicks...

Tonight Jon and I were enjoying a nice evening by the fire,coffees in hand, gluten free cookies baking in the oven, and conversing… We love these quiet moments in the house when we can sit and chat and reminisce.  I was lighting a candle that is in a jar and has three wicks.  I was using another,smaller, single candle to light it.  (We were out of all other typical “lighting utensil.”) I had lit the single candle with the flame from our gas stove, took the single candle to the bigger candle with the three wicks to light it.  It is pretty tricky because the candle with three wicks is in a glass jar that has melted almost down to the bottom.  Turning the jar upside down I can light the wicks with the single candle…. Is this making any sense??  Anyway… it works but you have to do it fast or else all the hot wax starts to drip down your hand… and the flames get too big, and well, starts to hurt…

I did this sweet trick of lighting the candle while Gary was here. I was struggling to light the last wick and my hand was getting quite hot and the little hairs on my hand were starting to singe. (I am too suborned to give up on the last wick!)  Gary watching this entire time... Watching my whole system of lighting this candle…  Stove on, single candle lit, stove off, turn “jar candle” that is melted down to the bottom of the jar upside down, reach my hand in the with single candle, and light each wick…1…2…3, except I could not get that stupid last one lit and I was burning my hand, ugh.  Without a single word our sweet boy reached his precious, fragile, skinny, but brave hand between mine and the flames so I could light the candle. Did you read that?? He put his hand between the flames and my hand!! Our son cared more about keeping my hand safe than his own.

What a picture of what Christ did for us!  The act of Christ said, “If you do this, you will get hurt, actually, you will die. So, I will take the pain, the hurt, the suffering, and I will die, so that you will be safe and serve the purpose the Father has for your life.  My death, will shield you, so that you may live.”

“If when I am able to discover something which has baffled other, I forget Him who revealeth the deep and secret things, and knoweth what is in the darkness and showeth it to us; if I forget that it was He who granted that ray of light to His most unworthy servant, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”  -Amy Carmichael

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FULLY PROVIDED...

“And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 4:19

Sometimes when you “let go and let God”…. You don’t really expect Him to do anything so you still hang on…

Well today was a day that God really showed me what happens when you really do “let go.”

Yesterday, Jon and I were talking about the cost of adoption and how “we” were going/needing to raise money… Jon stopped and reminded me of George Mueller.

[Through all this, Müller never made requests for financial support, nor did he go into debt, even though the five homes cost over £100,000 to build. Many times, he received unsolicited food donations only hours before they were needed to feed the children, further strengthening his faith in God. For example, on one well-documented occasion, they gave thanks for breakfast when all the children were sitting at the table, even though there was nothing to eat in the house. As they finished praying, the baker knocked on the door with sufficient fresh bread to feed everyone, and the milkman gave them plenty of fresh milk because his cart broke down in front of the orphanage.]

We stopped and prayed.  We prayed and thanked God for providing for Gary’s adoption…Though we did not know how or when, we thank the Lord for taking care of this financial need.

“Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible.  There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.”- George Mueller

Less than twenty four hours had passed and God made His provision known.  What was His provision?? God provided the full amount of the cost of the adoption!! He is leaving no room for doubt … No room for Jon or I to take any credit for “raising” funds… No credit for bringing Gary home on our own accord.  This is GOD providing!   He has been in this from the beginning and we can take NO credit for any of it!  God’s will is being work out through our lives, our family, and ALL who have been used by the hand of the Lord to help bring Gary home.

“I’m just trying to do what God tells me to do with His stuff. He did it, not me.”

Our Father's Love...

So today is March 15^th.  It has been a full week since our boy left to go back to China for a temporary time, waiting till our adoption process is finished here in the states.  It has been very difficult being very far from our boy, who we only met for the first time February 2, 2013… We love him so very much.

I have to admit how in awe I am over this whole thing… How much I love, our Gary.  How in my heart he is my very own son.  I don’t know how to explain this bond that happened.  Don’t know how to comprehend the connection of this maternal love that was instantaneous… even before he arrived on U.S. soil. 

Thinking about this only brings me to the conclusion that through this we get a glimpse of the love God our Father has for us.  That, He loved us first even before we “knew” Him...  This is the picture that comes to mind when I think about Gary.  We were orphaned in this world and God our Father gave us a way to him through His son, Jesus Christ.  That is our journey back “Home” to our Father.  Back in His arms, back in relationship with Him.

This journey of bringing Gary home, back to a relationship with us, his family… and the love that is so strong  and the connection we have can only be explained by the Love of our Father.  It is by His example that we follow.  It is by our Father’s love within us that allows us this connection, this bond, this parental love that we have for Gary. www.bringgaryhome.weebly.com