the face of an orphan
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This was the face of an orphan.
She was three months old then.
Now she's eight months old.
She's not an orphan anymore.
She's our daughter.
David Platt wrote in Radical, "We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes."
Seeing her face changed everything for us.
And while I've said from the beginning and still believe that everyone is not called to adopt, I do hope for some of you that God uses a little face to change everything for you too.
Because as much as people say that Zoe is blessed, God has changed so much in us through this process that we know the truth.
We are the ones who are blessed.
She was three months old then.
Now she's eight months old.
She's not an orphan anymore.
She's our daughter.
David Platt wrote in Radical, "We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes."
Seeing her face changed everything for us.
And while I've said from the beginning and still believe that everyone is not called to adopt, I do hope for some of you that God uses a little face to change everything for you too.
Because as much as people say that Zoe is blessed, God has changed so much in us through this process that we know the truth.
We are the ones who are blessed.
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| pictures thanks to an amazing non-profit called The Archibald Project; learn more here or here |