Changed Thoughts on Adoption
I have SO MUCH to learn. I'm like a first-time mom all over again. 10 years from now, I'm sure I'll look back at some comments I've made over the past year and laugh at myself. But I don't believe I'm going in blind. Tian with a grandfather from his foster family in China. Well, it's been just about 10 years since I wrote that , and I was right and wrong. I DO look back at some things and laugh, but I also cringe at a lot. I wasn't going in blind, but as I have learned, the more I know there is to learn. I cringe at posts like this . My statements about provision for the adoption are not even theologically sound. It's just something I learned to repeat without really thinking about the implications. " This was God's plan " and "God provided the funds for us to adopt," are now phrases that I totally disagree with. How can I say that God decided to give us tens of thousands of dollars to adopt, but not provide a fr