Hi/Lo Thursday

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This weeks Hi...
Still, forgiveness! The tiniest drop has opened a flood in my heart. I am truly finding contentment from my heavenly Father. I was adopted from birth. Intellectually, I know that my birthparents loved me and desired a blessed life for me. My heart has carried an abandonment, though. My mother's first husband chose to pursue a life that did not include me. Intellectually, I know that he had few choices and he did what he thought was best. Again, my heart has carried abandonment. This week, I have come to recognize that I have not truly forgiven them for failing to meet my unrealistic expectations. I have also recognized my own sin. I have failed to see myself as loved unconditionally as God's child.

Big stuff! So simple. So necessary. My sweet kiddos might come into these struggles as they grow. Their circumstances are so different but, tied together through adoption.

LO...
Hmmm... burden for prayer is a privilege. Although, I do carry sadness for a person that I have never met. God has pressed on me to pray for an individual that I only know through a mutual friend. I know how she must be hurting. I know that she feels fear and sadness. I pray that she is encouraged. I implore the Lord to strengthen her marriage. I pray that she is at peace and welcomes the struggles that are in her life right now as she keeps her eye on the true prize.

Alright, gotta get going. Rob and I are going away for the weekend!!! Yippee! Respite. No kids, no laundry, no projects around the house, no cooking or cleaning... spa day, dress up for dinner, naps, and time together.

"Come, my beloved, let us go forth to the field; let us lodge in the villages." Song of Solomon 7:11