This is a story concerning the power of one small statement, "help me to accept the things I cannot change". For more than six years my wife and I attempted to have a baby. We talked to specialists about what we might do to boost the chance that my wife would conceive, but none of their guidance worked. My wife actually took fertility tablets for a period of time however that also did not work. Over time it became clear to the the two of us that we would never have the ability to have our own kids. Such a revelation could be utterly devastating to someone and to a marriage. Fortunately I am a Christian and so I knew precisely what to do in times like this.
I held out my open palms to symbolize that I had nothing to offer. I bowed my head in reverence to the creator of the world. And then I spoke to the God of heaven and earth. The first words out of my mouth were, "Lord help me to accept the things that I cannot change". This prayer did not have any magic effect on my life. I still felt bad about not being able to have my own child. However, I also knew that no matter what circumstance I was going through, God would lead me through it.
The change happened little by little at first but when it took hold there was simply no going back. Upon praying my prayer to God I started noticing the phrase "adoption". Each time I listened to a news story or read something online the word "adoption" perceived to appear a lot more. While reading my bible I started observing a lot of passages that will spoke about the Almighty adopting us as his children. My path soon started to be clear; my wife was not able to get pregnant because we were intended to adopt a child.
I spoke to my spouse about adoption and to my relief we had been on the same page. We started exploring adoption and found that it would be a really long and hard way to walk down. However we were so certain that adoption would be a great purpose in our lives that we didn't care that it could be hard. Once we began the adoption process we began to stop caring that we would not have our very own biological kids.
It's now recently been four years since we adopted our 1st child. Yes it is often a long journey yet by adopting a kid we were allowed to save a human from a lifetime of desperation and despair. My family and I are now contemplating adopting a second little one. One thing is for certain, as soon as you adopt a child, even though they might not exactly share your genes, they certainly are yours.
I held out my open palms to symbolize that I had nothing to offer. I bowed my head in reverence to the creator of the world. And then I spoke to the God of heaven and earth. The first words out of my mouth were, "Lord help me to accept the things that I cannot change". This prayer did not have any magic effect on my life. I still felt bad about not being able to have my own child. However, I also knew that no matter what circumstance I was going through, God would lead me through it.
The change happened little by little at first but when it took hold there was simply no going back. Upon praying my prayer to God I started noticing the phrase "adoption". Each time I listened to a news story or read something online the word "adoption" perceived to appear a lot more. While reading my bible I started observing a lot of passages that will spoke about the Almighty adopting us as his children. My path soon started to be clear; my wife was not able to get pregnant because we were intended to adopt a child.
I spoke to my spouse about adoption and to my relief we had been on the same page. We started exploring adoption and found that it would be a really long and hard way to walk down. However we were so certain that adoption would be a great purpose in our lives that we didn't care that it could be hard. Once we began the adoption process we began to stop caring that we would not have our very own biological kids.
It's now recently been four years since we adopted our 1st child. Yes it is often a long journey yet by adopting a kid we were allowed to save a human from a lifetime of desperation and despair. My family and I are now contemplating adopting a second little one. One thing is for certain, as soon as you adopt a child, even though they might not exactly share your genes, they certainly are yours.
About the Author:
My name is Andrew Taylor. I have been a drug addict for around two years and went through addiction recovery. Hopefully this essay will encourage you to pray the same prayer whenever you need help, for example when stopping cymbalta.