... chosen one.....

I was reading through a blog of a family on their way home right now with their daughter. She is 6 and her special need is she has a weakened right side. Her father is such an entertaining blogger but he posted something after their daughters dr. exam in China. It really resonated with me and I think is a precious way to look at adoption. I pray this speaks to you like it did me.

"When we got into see the doctor finally, we didn’t find out much more than we already knew. One leg is slightly longer and the tendons in her weak leg are tight and the doctor was pleasantly surprised at the strength of her hand that she doesn’t use. It was interesting as I asked why all of this was so important. The answer was they wanted us to be fully aware of what we were getting, and all of the future needs that may come up. We were told that we needed to be aware that she would not be able to feed herself with her bad hand and that she would limp etc (notice the pic of her holding a fork and knife)…. It was like the opposite of a horse sale…instead of pointing out all the good they wanted us to know the problems. They were very insistent on how smart she is, Leah really responded well to their questions and their poking and prodding. This must be what it is like for God when we first come to faith. Satan would point out all the problems we have, all the things that should be barriers to being loved… I can imagine His response being similar to ours, we don’t really care about the problems because she is our daughter, she is our chosen one, which we have come across the world to get."