"The Test Was WHAT?"
to start from the beginning? I'm glad you are here)You are walking down a path. It is a scary, hard path. The path’s direction, however will be determined by what you do and the choices you make. I want to encourage you as you make those choice. I will also hopefully empower you to be able to stand and do what you know is right for you.
I, too, had to make a choice on the path.There were only 3 choices that I saw that I had.
I am going to cover those 3 paths in a 3 Blog Series. This is the first in that series.
One of the crossroads the path will take you to will be the choice of adoption. I considered this option long and hard. I consulted an attorney and we talked about different types of adoptions. Here are the things that I found and considered:
A closed adoption- I would never meet the birth parents, and I would know nothing about them. Once I made this choice, the baby would leave my hospital room after the birth and I would go home. The baby from that point on would be with the people that would love, raise and be the parents .
An open adoption- The procedures on this varied. One type allowed me to choose the adoptive parents from profiles, but without actually meeting or being a part of their lives. Another option was that I would be able to choose and meet the couple. I would even be able to have updates and pictures of the child as they grew.
As I pondered these things, I weighed the option knowing that there were,(and still are), many couples out there who desired to have a child, but were unable to do so. Adoption provides a wonderful gift to those couples.
I also came to figure out that I as I searched my heart, adoption was not a direction I would go.
It is a wonderful, brave, gift-giving, loving choice. It is a self-less choice that allows you to provide a great home and have parents that really desire to be parents.
It may be what you choose.
It is a great choice.
Check out this link for some resources. It may help you in your decision.
http://www.bethany.org/
Also check with a local adoption attorney in your area. You may contact me for more resources in this area.
Adoption is close to God's heart.
Rom 8:14 For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear: but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry: Abba (Father).
When you choose to follow God, He adopts you into His family. You become His child.
Adoption is a choice of love!
I will be talking about you, to the One who authored the idea of adoption . I will ask Him for wisdom for you to know if this is for you.
Tomorrow another crossroad and another choice explored.
Because I have walked the path,
Glenda Johnson
http://twitter/GlendaJohnson63
glenda@comediscoverwithus.com
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