For years now we
have prayed for God to 'knit our hearts together' and for Him to bind us
together in a way that only He can since we are living as a family countries
apart. Do you wonder what that really
means? Or do you roll your eyes and
think that is just a bunch of words?
What does 'knit us together' really mean anyway Our little guy still lives what seems like a
world away so I can't say for sure but I got a glimpse of it the other day and
I just had to share it with you!
God is so good....all the time!
I have to
give you the background to understand how it all comes together so be patient
with me.
When we went to
Haiti last March to meet Oberson, I will completely admit I was a basket of
nerves! I was insecure in every
way. I felt like a new mother, felt like
everyone was watching and evaluating me every minute and just felt like I was
inadequate in every way. By the second
week I was relaxing and starting to be myself.
One big part of my life here at home is music. Now let's be straight.....I can't sing! You won't find me in any choir, praise team
or anything like that. You may
find me singing in the car or having dance parties with the kids in the living
room! : ) Ever since they were little, they have loved
music; in fact, I often carried them in my arms and danced around singing. Ok,
back to Haiti. The balcony was such a wonderful place to play and had these
amazing children, volunteers, toys and beautiful mountain views and
breeze....yet it was void of music. So,
I brought my portable bluetooth speaker.
Todd found a place to hang it on the far side and I started playing my
praise music. I held Oberson and we
started dancing and singing. He was
mesmerized. Completely. When on the ground he just stood there
staring at the speaker. That began our
second week. Sharing and comparing songs
with the other volunteers but singing and dancing to songs while on the
balcony. To me, it was precious. Did he dance...no. Did I dance with him....when he let me hold
him! : )
But for me, it was a glimpse into what would come. A home filled with music, singing and
dancing!
Oberson loves
dancing! He loves listening to the neighbors from the balcony when they
play their music, and laughing when he dances!
Really?
He's recognizing music, stopping to dance and laughing? (Do you see me crying here?) God is knitting
our hearts together and binding us together in a time we cannot even be
together! He is preparing us all for the
day when we will be united as one family!
He is bigger and better than we can ever imagine!
For a glimpse
into our hearts, here are a few pictures from our time with Oberson. You can see him clutching the small
black speaker in the first two
pictures. For the family picture, we had a tri-pod set up with the speaker
together to get him to look at the camera (sneaky but it worked!!). (These pictures were actually taken on our last morning with him. We had the whole balcony to ourselves and we had just precious time to sing, dance, pray and just play together before we had to say our final goodbye...enough about that.) Obviously
these are from 11 months ago...
This next picture is from this month...our little Valentine! Isn't he precious?!
