I have always had a soft heart for adoption. There's a deep and painful beauty in it. There are a handful of families in our Church who have taken children into their families and as they dedicate them to the service of the Lord I am always moved. What a profound picture of the Love of our Father for us. He chooses to adopt us into His Family even though He sees the future pain we will bring Him. He sees the cost of bringing us sin-ravaged, helpless, afraid children under His roof. He knows that we will reject Him and argue with Him. And yet He still wants us. He still longs to share His Name with us, to give us all of the benefits that come from being His kin.
A little boy, Micah, was dedicated in the Cafe today, and his story was that he was left unwanted in a gutter, left for dead. This couple took him into their home knowing that for the rest of his life, they will be probably caring for him hand-and-foot. He has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, and he has had a ton of medical issues. And yet...KNOWING this, they still chose him. I can't find the word for how this hits me...It's beautiful, but not in the way that the world defines beauty. It's the kind of love that you read about in stories. The kind of love I wish I could give, day-in and day-out. But deep down I know that it's "too uncomfortable" for me.
Petra introduced me to a new show called World of Jenks. I didn't expect to like it, being that it's on MTV...But she showed me three episodes and I can't stop thinking about it. This guy, Jenks, is a movie maker of some type...maybe a video journalist. But every week he goes and spends life in a different environment by entering the life of another person. The first episode I saw was one where he spent the week with an autistic guy about his age. He lived with his family and went to classes with him, took him to the city, and to the beach. None of this was to be a charity worker or to make himself look good... actually most of the time he confronted with his own prejudices or presumptions about "that kind of person." Every time he lets go of his own world and opens his eyes to see the uniqueness and depth of other humans, he is blown away by their lives and is deeply touched by them. I want to approach friendships like that! That is beautiful! "I want to know you" is such a rare thought in daily interactions and I think we're missing out. I am anyways. That's the kind of love Jesus had as he spent time with tax collectors and prostitutes! That's the kind of love we SHOULD be pursuing!
These things seem unattainable right now. I know I want to love like the couple who took that baby into their lives. I want to love like the man who spends a week living "houseless" on the streets of California. How God?
We got a LOT done for the wedding today! We bought all of our cups, plates, cake plates, silverware, serving utensils, cleaning supplies for scouring the park bathrooms the day before, hat for the ring bearer, shoes for the flower girl, pants for the last groomsman, table cloth for the food table, and serving plates for the dinner. I can't believe how many hours we were on our feet. My shoes are made of wood and leather with no arches. Ouch. Fells good to get that done. We literally had to go to ALL of the store's locations around fresno to get all of the plates and napkins we needed. Cleaned the stores out.
Wendy and Andres got married last night, and it was a beautiful wedding! It's fun to go to wedding after having planned one. That was the last wedding we will have to chase bouquets or garters! Yeah! :)
I already know how fast the work week goes, and that means that at the end of this week we will have only one more week left! I'm not worried though. We'll square away the rentals and order flowers tomorrow. Everything's falling into place. Janet's coming the Wednesday before, and I am SOOOO happy to see her!! It's been almost three years since I saw her at HER wedding!
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