Have you ever heard the story of God and the tapestry? It was made popular by Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch Christian, who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during WWII. She was put in prison for her actions. She has written several books, including "The Hiding Place", but the one I want to refer to is "Reflections of God's Glory." I'll let her tell it in her own words (and the pictures of the tapestry that Corrie held as she told this story):
“This” she said, “is what God sees….from His perspective….a masterpiece!” -Reflections of God’s Glory, Corrie ten Boom While we may never know what God is weaving in our lives or why, sometimes we are granted tiny moments where God allows us a peek of one small section in order to demonstrate His authority and beauty in His plans. I'll let you in on a bit of the tapestry being woven in our lives: String 1: Jon and I want kids and talk about how many kids while dating. String 2: We struggle and ultimately can't conceive, even with professional help. That led us to adoption ... String 3: We decide to do domestic adoption instead of fostering because after 2 miscarriages, the chances of having to give back a child and become childless again is agony. That led us to Bethany Christian Services agency... String 4: We commit to an adoption agency so we are DEFINITELY going to adopt. That led us to God's reveal... String 5: TWELVE HOURS LATER we find out we are pregnant naturally. That led us to adoption struggle.... String 6: We are never chosen by a family through Bethany since already having a child is less desirable to those birth moms. That led us to adopt a different way... String 7: We feel comfortable with fostering now that we already have a child and move into a house the exact distance we are allowed to foster from the county because THIS is where God wanted our child(ren) to come from. Think about if any of those strings had been different or missing:
That's merely a microscopic glimpse at the tapestry God is weaving with our lives. How BEAUTIFUL God's handiwork is. We don't care what the final tapestry looks like. Knowing God has a story in mind that will bring Him the ultimate glory is all we need to know. And we are THRILLED to be a part of it. We had to come to different milestones in the right order for us to be EXACTLY where God wanted us to be. Was it easy? No way. Did we doubt what God was doing? Absolutely. Would we change anything? NOT AT ALL. *Note: Corrie Ten Boom refers to this poem in several books but is clear that she did not herself write it.
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