Christmas

Well, it is finally my turn again to post on here. To be honest, Aletheia has posted more than I expected. She is really having fun with this. I am glad she is. She is really good at it, and I am glad that she is enjoying it.



Now that Christmas is over I would like to take a moment to reflect. This Christmas was profoundly different than any other Christmas ever has been. I looked at Christmas with a new set of eyes. For most of my life, I have thought about myself, my significant other, or even occasionally my sisters and parents. However, this year I really thought about Christmas through the eyes of child, even more, through the eyes of a child that has no parents or lives in foster care. Since Aletheia and I have decided to adopt via the foster care system, we are hoping to have our children home with us by next Christmas. This year we talked alot about what our kids are doing this year. We wondered if they were having a good Christmas. We lifted up prayers for them often.



The more I think about these things, the more I am grateful for what I have been blessed with. This has truly been a life changing year for me. I have come to see in the last year my church fall apart as the lead pastor left, and then just last week the interim pastor/youth pastor is stepping down. I feel God is teaching me that in order to lead my growing family I can't get my feeding only once a week. I need to be fed every day and that it is my responsibility to do the feeding. if I want to be able to feed the kids that God blesses me, I need to be able to feed myself and my wife.



The following is a link to a video by Steven Curtis Chapman. This man has been my inspiration for MANY areas in my life over the years. He has been used by God through his music to touch my life in ways that no one else ever has. This video is about adoption from the child's point of view. It is very touching and always makes Aletheia cry. I tell you that as a warning. You may want to grab tissue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSV5xW-NLu8


Thanks,
Michael Leavitt