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My faith in God plays a big role in my life so it’s not surprising that it factors into the adoption plan I made.
For years, I wasn’t as close to God as I should have been or as I am now. I then considered myself to be more spiritual than religious meaning that I did believe in God but I wasn’t always faithful in going to him in prayer, attending church, or putting him first in my life.
I’ve often heard many people say that it was all part of God’s plan in retrospect to events that occurred in their life. I’ve heard some say this in reference to their own adoption plans and at some point I think I thought that myself but lately I have come to different conclusions.
I don’t think that God intended for me to have unprotected sex with someone who was not a Christian and someone I was not in a serious relationship with. That was a sin and something that is my own fault. I do feel that God had a hand in things though. Once I had become pregnant and was on the path to adoption, this is when I believe that God intervened. He stepped in at this point and had his hand in the details. He helped me to find S and A and to have the strength to follow through with this adoption plan.
In some ways I think Charlie led me back to God because in those first days, weeks, and months after relinquishment, when I was sleepless, crying, and in the throes of my grief, it was then that I found God again. It was then that I knew I couldn’t do this without his guidance, strength, and love. And it’s been since then that I have become religious again; putting God first in my life, joining a church family, and speaking to him in prayer. It’s with God’s love and help that I think I have been able to get through some of the darkest moments of my life.
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A beautiful testament to the special purpose of Charlie in your life.
I agree with you too, I don’t think God wants people to find themselves with an unplanned pregnancy, or to in a place where they may be ill prepared to parent, but I believe he does give us options, and is always there to help us get through no matter what.