3-2-10
I had been praying since the day I met Notando [my 2/16 blog “He knows her name”] that God would raise up a family (much like my good friends the Troyers) that would be obedient to God’s plan and be used by Him to be an answer to prayer. Someone to adopt this precious little girl. To change the course of her life. The first day I prayed for her I knew that God still had a plan for her life and that abandonment was only a temporary earthly thing. That her heavenly Father loved her greatly and had much much bigger plans for her life than abandonment. Her story was not going to end with abandonment and her being lonely in a hospital till she died. This was not her story. No, God had great things in store for this little girl’s life. A miracle…
That miracle happened today. When we arrived at the hospital I first spent some time at the men’s ward. After praying over a few men there, it was time to go see “my girlfriend” as I so affectionately call her. On my way over there I saw Stephanie and her little guy Eli (you need to read her blog and read about him). She told me that she hadn’t seen my girlfriend yet today. No biggie. On Friday the nurses were doing something to her so she wasn’t around for the first 15 minutes or so. As I walked into the children’s ward I saw Calie playing with a child and she said “guess who got adopted!” Yeah, my lovely little Notando got adopted. My prayers had been answered! I guess Friday, after we left, a family from New Zealand came and picked her up. She is a daughter now. She may even be a sister. Most importantly, she is being loved!
Thank you, Lord, that you hear the cry of you children. That what was meant for harm and destruction is now meant for joy. That Notando now has two loving parents that absolutely love her and will never be the same as a result of her being in their life. Your plan is great, God! Your love for us is incredible! An abandoned, nameless child got a name and now she has a home. Your plans are good!
So here I sit at the hospital crying my eyes out because the love that our heavenly Father has for us is far beyond my comprehension. It’s not too often that we hear a story of an abandoned child finding a home, but daily we abandon our heavenly Father. A heavenly Father that longs for us. He longs for us. He anguishes for those who don’t know him. He is the one that has been abandoned by his own children yet He still longs for them to come home. It’s very much the story of the prodigal son that we all know from the Bible. We have an abandoned heavenly Father that doesn’t care where you’ve been or what you’ve done, He just wants you to come home. He desires you. You are not forgotten. He knows your name. Come home.
