While We Wait

We have prayed for Esther everyday since Charlie and Lashae met her in Uganda. She is a 9 year old girl that has stolen Charlie's heart. She is in Redeemer House Orphanage. She was rescued over a year ago from unthinkable circumstances.

Redeemer House is a wonderful orphanage where the kids get to go to school, they learn about Jesus, they get 3 meals a day, they have wonderful caretakers, but they don't have PARENTS, or a forever family - they have wonderful people that care for them and they have others children in the house to be their friends, but they don't have PARENTS OR SIBLINGS.

We wrote Esther a letter and asked her if she would like to be in our family. We asked if she would like for us to adopt her.

It hasn't been very long, but we are just waiting....waiting to hear - we have offered to do whatever we can, we have offered to do whatever it takes to bring her home and make her our daughter.

So now we wait...we wait to hear back...we pray for her, we pray that she takes us up on the offer. We will love her NO matter what - we just feel her already in our hearts, but we would love to have her in our family, and let us shower her with love, gifts, attention, support for the rest of our lives.

I was wondering yesterday what her thoughts or reaction may be to all this and it reminded me of our Lord....

He has offered THE GIFT OF SALVATION to each and everyone of us. He has already done all the work, all the sacrafice, He has paid the full price, and all that needs to be done to bring us into His family. He loves us whether we accept the invitation to be in His family or not. And He waits for us to accept the gift.

He's so anxious to hear us say we will accept because He is excited to shower us with gifts, and an eternal family, and attention, and support. He is excited to have a relationship with us, a relationship that He has already made the way for. But, He will wait, He will wait until we accept the gift that He is offering. He will wait until we say YES we want Him in our lives, we want to rely on Him, we want to be His child. He will wait, and then when we say YES and accept the GIFT...the Heavens explode with rejoicing...just like the Brewer house will explode with rejoicing if we hear Esther say YES she wants to be in our family!!!