The adoption gene!

I've always longed to become a mother through adoption. I've always loved special children, those who were sent here from the Father's own heart to teach us all a depth of compassion we otherwise couldn't imagine. It seems my heart has been ready to take these precious children as my own for as long as I can remember. For years I have imagined the joy of holding close a cherished babe with special needs of my very own. For years I have prepared my life to welcome my daughter home, whomever she might be. At long last it is finally time! 

Last week I learned of something called the "adoption gene"!  The wonderful, spiritual, genetic thread that weaves the longing for adoption into our souls. I was born with this gene!  How delightful to discover that it has a name, this hunger of mine.

Last month it happened; I found my daughter! I gazed deeply into my daughter's eyes for the very first time, my daughter for whom I have prayed from the time she was conceived, my daughter with whom I long to share my life, my daughter who is the song that has always played in my heart. Though the path is long and winding I know at last it is she who is waiting for me at the end of the pasture. While she waits my Shepherd holds her, my own precious lamb, cradled in the crook of His tender arm. She is safe and warm, gazing up into  His eyes of love. At the end of the path He who has preserved her life and who knows all her days will place her in my arms and I will hold her close to my heart, the daughter of my dreams. We will be the family of His making. 

Dearly I await the day when my daughter's heart beats against mine, the day  our spirits will rest and then soar, for we will have finally found one another and she will be home. Oh how I long to redeem this babe and bring her home! Thank you for coming here to greet me and my daughter and share in the love that will carry her home. Thank you for supporting me in love as I redeem my sweet baby girl.