It's All Worth It

Oh how that title is true! It truly is ALL worth it. I had my little girl with me today in the grocery store, or "market" as she calls it. She got a little restless for a little bit and wasn't real happy that she had to sit in the cart, but as we went on, she got over that and she was happy again. Then, she had gotten in my purse and I looked at her and she had her shoes off and her pant legs rolled up and she was rubbing lotion all over herself. She looked at me and said, "I dry", all I could do was smile and laugh at her and just let her go on and continue to rub the lotion on herself. She was just so sweet sitting there doing that. Then, when we paid for everything and went to the truck, I got her out of the cart to put her in her carseat and she hugged me with everything she had in her and she kissed me and said, "I love you so much mommy and I love being with you." At that point, all I could do was smile. God knew that was just what I needed to hear. It doesn't matter all of the sacrifices we had to make to get her here, or the ones that we continue to make because we are still paying what we borrowed, because those words were priceless. When I think about what her life could still be in Liberia, and how she could be hungry and suffering right now, not to mention what her future could have been there, there is NO sacrifice to big for her or for any of my children for that fact. I was talking to my brother tonight about this and he said, that it won't matter what type of house I have or didn't have or car we drove or didn't drive, but that when I am older and Josie is an adult, just to know that she had a better life and that she was loved with all of our hearts is what will matter. We have made sacrifices over the past couple of years, (as I know others have as well) so that we could get our children and bring them home. Some people will never know or understand our decisions, some will always criticize, and I say that I am sad that they have not experienced this kind of love. Love that you sacrifice anything for, because all the sacrifices that we have made for each of our children have been "all worth it". Just the way God feels about us! WOW, I love the way that our God just slides those lessons into our lives in the quietest of ways:). Thank you God for sacrificing for me!