[Jody M]

Thanks so much Kathy for sharing your beautiful story and how God has moved and worked in your adoption journey and precious reunion! I truly believe that our God is a God of reconciliation and redemption and I have seen him work mightily in the lives of adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents in the reunion journey. Yes there are painful and very challenging places emotionally for the whole adoption triad from the closed adoption era. But there are beautiful testimonies of God's grace, hope and healing in the lives to those who have trusted the Lord throughout their journey. In God's Word in the book of Joel, God says " I will redeem the years the locust ate away". That is beautiful- that though separation creates grief and loss issues- for many prospective adoptive parents that face infertility, for the birth parent who finds themselves in circumstances where they decide or are pushed to consider adoption instead of parenting and for the adoptee who has felt the loss of their early history, their biological and cultural heritage and connection to their birth family, God is a Redeemer. He has proved that He is a God who can redeem and restore relationships, heal the broken hearted and the Good Shepherd and Prince of Peace who blankets us with comfort, peace and hope for the future. Even for those who may not find themselves in happy reunion stories, God helps us gather the missing pieces of the past, grieve past losses and fills us with hope and purpose for the future. I hope more will share their stories, brief or longer!
Blessings, Jody