Seeking God Knows What

Just saw this link on a forum I visit.

Contains some very, very interesting information about what happened.

Read these two separate stories.

Needham (Quets) twins. Claud has a good post with some excellent background on this case (I believe she has been in touch with Allison prior to this happening).

Teen Mother has a change of heart.

Wrong. utterly wrong.

I just don’t understand how the “adoptive” parents in these situations think they are doing the right thing.
We need to really push for reform of adoption laws at the federal level.

I’m in a bit of a quandry about something and I don’t quite know where to go with it, so I’m breaking my hiatus to post it here, to see if I get any responses. Be forewarned though- this has to do with primarily Christianity but other religions too.

Maybe it is Christmas, maybe it is some of the posts and forum threads I’ve been reading lately.  But where does the idea that there is only one “way” to get to heaven come from?

First of all, I think faith is important and I think what God wants for us to live lives of love, compassion, mercy and recognize that we do make mistakes, we need to own them, but the essence of faith is that through His grace we are forgiven. And for some of us, Jesus is His symbol we recognize to show us this. I believe in God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. And I do believe in Jesus’ death and resurrection.

But deep down I think about people like my maternal grandfather who is most definitely not a Christian- I would describe him as agnostic- and somehow, I just don’t see that God is going say “no” to him or Nicole or even my relatives who really are out there when it comes to religion because they don’t believe in this concept.

And I’m struggling with the idea that we have to convert people who have their own faith to Christianity, otherwise they will be excluded too.

I just don’t get this idea of exclusivity.

Isn’t God capable of moving in ways we cannot comprehend?

Doesn’t He have unending love and compassion for the world despite all its sin?

What makes us think He wouldn’t be accepting of people who believe in a higher power but not necessarily Jesus?

Well, the new baby has a name (Ethan James) but things are not as positive as they were. He did weigh 3 lbs, 11 oz. and was 16 in. long but upon being admitted to the NICU, his development was given an age of 28 1/2 weeks. There are some kidney issues- he isn’t producing wet diapers anymore, and while he isn’t on a ventilator, he is on oxygen and his lungs are getting “sticky”. I’m not sure what all this means but I know continued prayers would be appreciated.

I’m hoping you will all say a prayer for MK’s husband’s cousin’s baby boy. He was born at 30 weeks (she was due at the end of February and he was born yesterday). MK didn’t know his name yet, just that his wife’s water broke and they had to do an emergency c-section yesterday. He weighs just over 3 lbs and got transported to the NICU at the nearest children’s hospital today.

I can’t imagine being in those shoes…

My mother-in-law called.

She’s sick.  My mother has an appointment and my nephew has been sick, so I have no one to watch Widget tomorrow, which means I can’t work at all this week because I have obligations all the other days but Thursday.  Except no one can watch her on Thursday as my sister works, my mother has yet another appointment, and my mother-in-law watches T’s brother’s son (and she doesn’t like to watch the two together as they are a bit TOO busy, both being 2 years old).

Sigh.  I am SO looking forward to calling my supervisor tomorrow and telling her this FABULOUS news.

I’m not sure that you could handle the stress and uncertainty I’ve seen with Guatemala adoptions. You really need to learn to “go with the flow” on those, and they can be filled with frustration.

Yeah, like domestic adoption is all that different?

Remind me that there isn’t stress and uncertainty the next time we experience a failed match or three months of falling in love with a baby knowing that at any moment the phone could ring and it’s over because that child isn’t legally ours.