so i read this article today about adoption that was in D Magazine back in 2004. It’s the story of a girl giving up her child for adoption through her father’s eyes. I read their frontburner blog almost daily and you really, have to read the article. it brought tears to my eyes. there’s an update to the story in the actual frontburner today. check it out.
adoption is such a cool thing. even if it’s getting glamorized with celebrities doing it and movies like juno, etc. i told someone i would like to someday adopt and they literally said, “that’s very angelina jolie of you.” sorry, but it’s been on my mind waaaay before maddox or whatever his name is came home. not that it matters i guess.
i’ve been doing some soul searching the past few weeks. really hashing things out in my mind. why i believe what i believe, where things are headed, etc. i just finished reading rob bell’s book sexgod. i started it a long time ago, but finally picked it back up. it really was what i needed to hear.
He writes, What is it you’ve given your life to?
Life is not about toning down and repressing your God-given life force. It’s about channeling it and focusing it and turning it loose on something beautiful, something pure, and true and good, something that connects you with God, with others, with the world.
What do you want more?
How can you make your life about that so that you won’t be tempted to give in to this?
There’s some other stuff in there that really spoke to me. I guess it goes back to being patient and trusting for the best. So many people are truly searching for true connection. I certainly want it. But I think a lot of people are searching for it, but terrified of actually opening up and being vulnerable with another person. In our culture it seems easier to be physically naked than emotionally or spiritually. He talks about that kind of stuff too.
