can’t go on..thinking…nothings wrong…no, you can’t
it was july 13, 1985. i was 10.
on the t.v. were musicians….singing their hearts out…i knew who some of them were, but not many.
it was live aid.
never had i seen anything like it.
i sat glued to the t.v….
because they were playing video of what was going on in ethiopia…the starving.
videos like this one:
and…my eyes were opened. no longer did i belong to a small town. i was a citizen of the world. i knew i would never be able to forget what i saw.
and…so it began…
the thinking about adoption.
and…when reality came to be, i had no idea that i would find myself back to ethiopia 25 years later. we thought it would be china. but, God had other plans.
and, now i know it was His plan all along. to open my eyes. and to open maarten’s eyes as well…to the needs of others.
i think about our sweet girl’s birthmom. was she there in ethiopia during that terrible famine?
and i know…God has been knitting this story together for quite some time.
HE IS so good. because he allows us to know hope. and to open our eyes…
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I love how God puts the pieces together. I hadn’t thought about the birth parents being there during the famine, but you are probably right that they very well could have been. I hope God continues to use us (you, me, or children, etc) to open eyes.
wow. i have never seen that video, but i do remember live aid. this brought me to tears. my soul groans and cries out for the people who are still living like this in 2009/2010 all over the world. i pray that God opens more peoples’ eyes (like He has mine) to help step up and do something for “the least of these” who have nothing and are hanging onto life by a mere thread. i am feeling somewhat helpless but i’m trying not to allow those lies to creep in, knowing the Enemy would love to create paralysis in me, thus leading to inaction. i love seeing how God works in others’ lives as well, and how that blip on MTV planted a seed in your heart 25 years ago. amazing. can’t wait to follow the story and see where God takes you/us next….
Oh my goodness, that video was incredibly hard to watch. I remember all of that but it has much more meaning to me now. Thanks for this post.
Thinking of you and hoping for great news tomorrow!!! You will be in my prayers tonight
thinking about you guys tonight!!!
praying for ya’ll for tomorrow!!!
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