Right about now, Yang Ao Fang is getting ready to begin her 2 hour journey from her orphanage, the place that has been her "home" for 8 years and she is making her way to the Civil Affairs office here in Taiyuan where her new life and family will be waiting. She's only 8 years old and my heart and mind can't help but wonder what she is thinking and feeling. I imagine she's so scared and nervous, not knowing what the future holds for her with this family she has never met. I wonder what her reaction will be when she sees us face to face for the first time. Will she feel trepidation? Relief? Maybe even disappointment at expectations in her heart not met? Only the Lord knows how that appointed moment will go. He already knows and He's already there.... waiting to be with us all in that moment and forever going forward. I pray Yang Ao Fang FEELS the love the Lord has for her and His tangible presence fills that room we are in when we meet for the first time. Our prayer is that she feels as if she has come home when she sees us for the first time. But, no matter how she feels, how she reacts, how that moment turns out to be for all of us..... Ao Fang's new journey is about to become OUR journey..... Ao Fang is about to become Annika Faith Fang Sappington and no matter what, she's ours and we are here for her. Her past, her present and her future are about to connect and the incredibleness of this moment is not lost on us.
To God be the glory....
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