The Journey of a Family Striving to Live Dangerously Surrendered!


"Surrendering means that we have come to the end of our independence from him, our reliance on self-sufficiency, and our insistence that we don’t need him. Surrender to God changes everything! Why add the word dangerous to surrender? Because we don’t surrender to a benevolent but impotent grandfatherly figure; we surrender to Almighty God —the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. C. S. Lewis’s character Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia depicts God as a magnificent lion —good, but certainly not safe. Surrendering your life to God is the boldest and riskiest step you can take. Being dangerously surrendered to God allows you to know him in increasingly deeper ways and to participate fully in his will. " ~Kay Warren

Monday, March 10, 2008

Prayer for Joshua

We wanted to add this prayer request for Joshua.

These children suffer so much loss. Joshua lost his parents last August and then had to adjust to being in the orphanage in his town. He made friends there and began to feel some security there and now he is again suffering loss. He was taken from his town, his friends, his schedule to be placed in the foster home in Addis Ababa. This a great move for him, but he doesn't understand that, we are sure. He has lost friends, his hometown, his caretakers. He is now having to undergo medical tests and surely it is a frightening, grieving experience. Please pray for his spirit and his heart. Pray that God envelops him with grace and love and that peace comes to his little mind.

International adoption is a powerful ministry, but it's not without loss for these children. They lose their countries, their language, their friends, their families. What they gain is a miracle, but they need prayer for their loss and for their grieving process.

Thank you for praying for Joshua as right now he is probably asleep in his new, temporary home.

Blessings,
Kurt and JoLynn
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