"Prepare Yourselves"

We heard the phrase "prepare yourselves" over and over again through this process.  We heard it from other adopting families as well as our adoption agency.  Our agency had us take classes to help us prepare for the negative attitudes of others when it comes to adoption.  They helped us think through what we would do when someone is negative towards us or our children.  I took these words seriously but I could not comprehend how anyone could hate adoption or children.  I knew there had to be some people out there who would not agree with what were doing but I thought they would be so few and far between, we would never come in contact with them.

Someone wrote a comment on our blog a few days ago that made the words "prepare yourselves"  come alive for us.  Someone wrote something that was just dripping with hate.  I can not even imagine that anyone could actually feel so much hate towards adoption, Christ, and children in general.

My initial reaction was not a kind one and not a Christ-like one.  So I prayed for them.  I did not feel like it...I was angry...but I did.  When I was done praying all I felt for this person was sadness.  They must be so miserable to say something so awful.  Who isn't miserable without the Lord?  And just like that another battle won in the name of the Lord!  No matter what people say or do, my family will use it to grow closer to God.

Because of this incident I have changed the settings on the comment box.  Anyone can comment(before only members could) but every comment made will come straight to me for me to OK before being posted.

Prayer Request:  Pray for the person who wrote this comment.