ROOM FOR A NEW BABY

VALERIE MINARD

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I decided to adopt a child, we discovered that the entire process—with so many choices to make—could at times be overwhelming. Then, when we'd finally been approved by the Department of Youth and Family Services in our state, we hoped to receive our baby within a week or two. But the weeks stretched into months.

Turning to God, the Mother and Father of everyone, brought comfort and healing. A psalm promised me, "God setteth the solitary in families" (68:6). As I prayed, it was helpful to realize that instead of a variety of people and agencies determining our, or any family's happiness, God alone brings His children together. I felt sure that with God's care every child would be placed in just the right situation, not taking another's spot or being denied his or her own. These ideas encouraged both my husband and me.