For the last year, I have been able to love a baby that was a complete answer to prayer. An answer to prayer that showed me how much God loves me. I had prayed for another child for several years....but at a certain point I began asking God for a specific answer to my prayer. I began praying that if it was God's will for me to have another baby that it would be "easy." I have never had an "easy" baby and asked God to either take the desire out of my heart for a baby altogether or to bring a child to me. I prayed that someone would find my family... call us up and say "will you take my baby." I knew that was a big request but I continued to pray that either the desire in my heart would go away or I would be blessed with a baby.
Three years of this type of prayer and I was beginning to feel settled in my heart. I was feeling like God had given me my two children and there would be no third. Then, one day in late November...out of the blue.... I got THE call. I was shaking through the whole conversation because I knew God was answering my prayer right then and so specifically to how I had prayed. "Is this Sarah?" a nervous voice asked me. "Yes..." I answered, equally as nervous. Just like that..... I was expecting a baby. The baby was due in 4 months. When God acts.... He moves fast!
The next four months as we prepared for a new baby, we came to know and love his birth-mother, "J." She is a beautiful young woman, inside and out who has had a hard (and that says it mildly) life. Getting to know and love her is probably one of the most amazing experiences in my life. She has not only given me the greatest gift, she has taught me what selfless love looks like. We are so thankful to "J" and happy that she is still in our lives today. We love her.... Have I mentioned that?
So today.... the day before JoJo's 1st birthday, I am reflecting on the miracle of this child and how he came to be in my life. I am so very blessed and grateful.
