Video of our Adoption Journey

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

I put this still photo video clip together for Bella's Welcome Home Party so that others could experience our journey. Warning, it's 9 1/2 min. long. Please don't feel you have to watch the whole thing, but I wanted to share it with all my blogging buddies. The two songs carried me through the process and absolutely are an expression of my heart for God.

I continue to stand in amazement of God. I truly understand and know what it means to be an "adopted child of God". I hold my daughter and am utterly dropped to my knees by the overwhelming gift of her. One of the biggest questions I am asked is "Is the love the same?" Meaning, do you love her the same way you love your biological boys. I take no offense to this question and the answer is always a resounding YES! And that's what amazes me, our heavenly Father loves us the same way we love Bella. He looks at us and sees Christ, I look at her and see my daughter.

The journey is hard, its a pain I never experienced when pregnant. My pregnancies were all very normal, any discomfort I had with my pregnancy had nothing to do with worry...I was just pregnant and big. But with adoption, my heart hurt often, my emotions if I allowed them were on a roller coaster ride, and yet through it all, my God's steadfast love and Word was always near, with in reach, a reality. Had we not gone through the wait, the experience, the journey, I would not know Him the way I do today. I would not have ever experienced the true love of our God. It's worth everything! Every tear, frustration, disappointment, and time lost...its worth it. And God has more than made up for that time lost exactly as He promised He would "for I will replace the years the locust have took".

For those still in process, God has perfectly designed your journey just for you, and He will not be late! My prayer is not just that your child is home, but that you receive all He has in store for you through this journey. I have stood in His glory, and when you do, its like a really good dream that you don't want to wake up from. You know the kind, the ones where you try to fall back asleep and hope it continues. That's what its like to stand in His glory, and once you do, you never want to leave.

God Bless, Susie