Dear Beth

Dear Beth,

With the confidence in our all-sufficient Father as provider, I am excited about this new “journey of hope” that we are on to adopt our son – Levi! I want to thank you that during these years, when your heart longed for another child, that you never badgered or coerced me. You have been prayerfully patient, and been a model of a supportive wife. You have truly shown me through these years… the sufficiency of prayer. You have always supported me and my ministry even if we would never adopt. You even honored my misgivings for years… even if my worries were rooted in my own selfishness, as God later revealed to me they were. You have been a rock!

I truly believe that what we are doing by pursuing this means of adding to our family will glorify God and show His love for all peoples… because of this, I have confidence that God is pleased and will honor our efforts!

I believe we enter this with our eyes wide open, because of some of our life experiences. We have been through a lot together, and have come out stronger because of the love and grace of the Lord. He has been merciful to us and will continue to show his mercies as new everyday along this ride that he has us on.

I thank God for you. I am excited to be doing this together. Even at my age I believe that God has given me something else to share with another child, and I know that you will be a great mom again… as you have already been with our other 3 children. Life is very short, whether minutes like Logan, or 44 years like me, 69 years like my dad, or even 90 years like my grandpa. What matters is not living those years for us and our dreams, but that, while we live, we live by faith in future grace and walk according to Christ. Our lives are His… not our own!

With this common goal we will, by God’s grace, hold our son, and lead him to be a follower of the Christ who gave His life for us all at Calvary. May the Lord see this journey of hope through, and bring Levi home and into a deep lasting relationship with us… and Christ. May he be the ebony garland of honor around your neck, and may he one day call you truly blessed!

Thank you for the honor of being your husband, and being on this journey together… I love you!

Sean