Meditation: How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. (Eph. 1:3-6 The Message)
Twenty-one years ago on Oct 3rd at 5:15pm we received a phone call that would forever change our lives. A call that let us know that our baby girl was ready for us. We were about to adopt a stranger into our family. She was never a stranger though. The love for her began years before when we turned our thoughts to having children. We just didn't know the time or path to that phone call. We've had a few foster babies in our care over the past several years and while we cared for and loved them like our own, they were not ours; they hadn't been adopted by us. We have been adopted by God in accordance with His pleasure and will. WE are His children, we ARE His children, we are His CHILDREN!!
-Randy Russell
Prayer: Thank you God love loving us. Thank you for adopting us as your Children. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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