Who needs a bigger house, new cars, and fancy clothes…..
When you have been given the best gift ever… our two little Liberian children. I have never had a child, never given childbirth but I have heard and seen that it can be the most painful experience ever!! What I have also been told is that as soon as that baby is in your arms all the pain, all the weight gain, all the days filled with morning sickness is forgotten in a flash. I think I am beginning to understand a little bit of what this is like. The joy and blessing Fatu and Osobie bring into my life have almost completely washed away the pain and hardship we endured to bring them home. Just the other week we were working on an alphabet puzzle listening to worship music. One of my favorite worship tunes is on the Enter the
You are beautiful my sweet, sweet song
You heal my broken heart
You are my Father in heaven
You ride upon the clouds
You lead me to the truth
You are the Spirit inside me
You poured out all your blood
You died upon the cross
You are my Jesus who loves me
You are the Spirit inside me
You are my Jesus who loves me
You are beautiful my sweet, sweet, song
I will sing again
As the kids were putting the puzzle together they both started singing….
Over and over again.
Hearing Fatu and Osobie singing and worshiping Jesus…that is worth more than new cars, a bigger house and fancy clothes, …
My prayer is that their life song would be Jesus too.
PLEASE STAND WITH US IN PRAYER FOR OUR FRIENDS
THE LORENZENS
&
THE McBRIDES
These families have been waiting and fighting to get their kids home for WAY TOO LONG!!
11 comments:
Katie, I am learning this same thing. Jesus must be my song. So often, it is Africa when it needs to be simply Jesus.
Thanks for the reminder,
Brandi
There is nothing sweeter than hearing your little Liberians singing praise songs!
Katie,
This post is so encouraging to me! He will heal our broken hearts. And, we may not every know 'why' but we can stand firm in His truth. Your place in this process right now gives me so much hope. Thank you for sharing this beautiful picture of you singing with your sweet children.
Thank you also for the request for prayers. We so need them and we're so thankful for them!
Love you! Laura
That is fantastic! I'm so happy for you. Can't wait to see you when I am back home.
What a good reminder... thanks for sharing this post.
That's always been one of my favorite worship songs as well...
But I've never heard the album -- so I'll have to listen to it! :)
More of HIM and less of us...
Love,
Amber
I love that song. How precious that the children sang it with you! And what a great prayer for your children!
I can almost hear their sweet little voices singing praises. How precious!
Love, Missy
Katie, we LOVE Enter the Worship Circles 1-3 too!
What an incredible moment with your kiddos! Praise the Lord for tender hearts!
We are hoping to be out of the Navy and on the mission field in 18 months. We are getting our house ready to list this summer, taking language classes (C LOVES it) and while Scott and I were talking about it, my little man C decided he was going to add in his two cents... He shared with us his desire to tell people about Jesus who have never heard and who need Him. He asked if he could come with us!!!! We assured him we would not be going anywhere without him! His heart is so tender also!
Anyway, our prayer, like yours, is that our lives and our kiddos' lives will be about Jesus and that He would be their song!
Katie, every time I look at your blog I just have to praise the Lord and my heart truly rejoices EVERY TIME I see pics of Fatu and Sobie home! I praise the Lord that you and Jeff stayed the course and that you put your trust in the Lord when it was not easy. I pray the Lord will completely replace the memories of the hurt and pain with joyful music from your sweet children! I feel blessed to have been a part of your "childbirth" experience through prayer... does that sound weird? Anyway, I feel such a connection to your kiddos and to your family it's such a joy to see them!
With all that being said, know that I am praying for you with Jeff gone... hang in there!
Love,
Katy
There is nothing like the sound of children's laughter and singing. It warms the heart.
Chris
Katie, I know that I already commented on this post, but I thought of it again last night. I've been reading throught the red letters in the gospels as a followup to the book discussion on Red Letters and I ran across this verse.
"Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise." I couldn't help but think your precious children and their sweet song and jsut smile.
Love,
Missy
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