Prayer Request

Just found out this morning that Kofi will be taking Samuel's mother into Accra (the capital of Ghana) today for her to sign the paper work that will take away her parenting rights. Please pray for her today....I do not yet know her name. Please pray that God would give her peace with her decision and that He would comfort her during this emotional time. This verse comes to mind: 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

This is the part about adoption that just tears me apart. I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be in her shoes. A friend posted this adoption poem on her blog earlier this week about birthmothers and adoptive mothers, and I LOVED it and feel that it is appropriate to share today:

Once there were two women who never knew each other

One you do not remember, the other you call Mother

Two different lives shaped to make you one

One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.

The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it

The first gave you a need for love, the second was there to give it

One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name

One gave you a talent, the other gave you aim

One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears

One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried you tears

One made an adoption plan, that was all that she could do

The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.

Now, which of these two women, Are you the product of?

Both, my darling, Both, Just two different types of love.

~Unknown~