Some may know what I'm talking about.
Aerie is leaving.
He is being reunited with his mother.
We will miss him.
He will leave.
He will grow up.
With out us.
God Led us to fostering during a time we thought it was time for us to have a child. Praise Him for that. He is super. Not long after we became licensed, we got a call. For a baby boy who needed a home, to be loved on. They said he came with a monitor (which they said he would probably get off soon, Right.) We said yes. Actually on the report it states i said we were "Happy to have him." Oh how he brought us more then happiness. This child who God has intrusted us for just a few months, has been loved on so much. Not just by us, not just our biological families, but by the Body of Christ. You guys have loved him like crazy. You watched as this little thing, who came to us at 5 lbs. 1 oz. has grown to about 20 pounds. You saw this little guy, who for a month was to little to come to out, has turned into a giant who loves to be around all of you. We have been blessed by all of you, more then i think you'll know. Thank You.
On the last day of this month we will "hand him over". We will tell his mother how he was loved. How she is loved. On Monday November 26th at 6:30 we will have a send off party for him. You are invited. If you knew this baby, if you prayed for this baby, if you can, please come. We wish to tell you thank you and offer you some closure. This is not a time of Great sadness, but of rejoicing. Rejoicing, for he is loved. Rejoicing for God is faithful. Rejoicing for his mom if one of the few who actually complied with CPS and i wanting to proved she can take care of him.
A dear friend has given us this scripture : 1 Samuel 1-2:11
Here's Chapter 1:21 - Chapter 2:11
Hannah Dedicates Samuel
21 When the man Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, "After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the LORD, and he will live there always."
23 "Do what seems best to you," Elkanah her husband told her. "Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD make good his word." So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
23 "Do what seems best to you," Elkanah her husband told her. "Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD make good his word." So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
25 When they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli,
26 and she said to him, "As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.
28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there.
Hannah's Prayer
1 Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD;in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
2 "There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
3 "Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
4 "The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry hunger no more.
4 "The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry hunger no more.
She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
6 "The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
6 "The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world.
9 He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness."It is not by strength that one prevails;
9 He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness."It is not by strength that one prevails;
10 those who oppose the LORD will be shattered.He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
I love that this was sent to us. I love what Hannah says in verse 27,and chapter 2:1-2. Not only have we seen his hand in the whole process with Aerie, But there's more... We feel he has shown us a house.... A house that is to become our house. A house to be used to love on a neighborhood who's hurting. To be used to love on children who are not our own. To be able to do this and still have room for our own children whenever we have more.
Today we talk to our mortgage lady... Just to check and make sure everything "all gravy" And if it is then we close on the 14th of December. But you'll have to wait to see what pictures and info i give you later.... I have to go finish laundry.
