To Live With a Purpose

Life is hard. God didn't put us here for everything to be easy. Sometimes things are just hard. Circumstances are hard. Relationships are hard. And sometimes? God asks us to DO hard things.

Adoption for us isn't an easy thing. Because adoption itself is brought about by difficulties, the need for adoption is a hard thing. There is a lot of fear for us - as prospective adoptive parents. We don't know what the circumstances will be surrounding how our little one comes to be a part of our family. But truthfully? We don't know how a lot of "life" will turn out. God doesn't always promise happy endings - or maybe I should say "Happy middles," because for a Christian, "The End" is always happy. Each of us has decisions to make, and sometimes those decisions are hard.

But we are choosing this route not because it is easy. Life isn't about making things as easy as possible. It's about doing the right thing. We want to live our lives with purpose

We want to have a purpose in life. Purpose to love others and not just to seek our won happines. Purpose to  build meaningful relationships, not to just "hang out." We want to care, not just go through life in our own little world - our own little bubble.

We want our children to know that they were born for a purpose - that their life has a plan. And although they may not have a "happy middle," the ultimate goal IS a "Happy Ending." Eternally.