Know your limits is a statement that was made to me not to long ago during a meeting with Sarah, myself, and another person, and it really stuck with me and made me really ponder on that statement. I will come back to that but I need to back up and let you know a little on how we came to the decision to adopt our fifth child.
Here are a couple songs that led Sarah and I to talk.
The first one "Kings and Queens" just got me thinking of all the orphans out there that might be considered "the least of these" and what ever happens in their life, whether they find a family or not, they will be kings and queens in God's presence, so what can we do to make them feel like kings and queens here on earth, to make them feel like they are worth something to someone, showing them God's love through us. The second song really brought it to a head when I heard Jeremy Camp on K-LOVE tell the story behind the song Reckless. What stuck with me was when he said it's about giving it up to God, following what He has called you to do, and not sit there and calculate the fear of the unknown or what could go wrong, to just be reckless. I loved it, I told Sarah about, and told her I'm 100% in. The problem really wasn't about wanting to, after our two trips visiting the orphans and the whole process we went through we always said we wanted to do it again. There were only two things that really held us back. One was the whole money thing and the other, we wanted to make sure this is what God wanted us to do. So, through the whole month of March we decided that we would pray about it in specific ways. That was probably the best thing we did, and both us received confirmation within about a day of each other right towards the end of March.
Which leads me into the statement at the beginning, "know your limits". This person said that and also said we need to take care of ourselves, meaning Sarah and I as husband and wife. Then Sarah said," We know our limits......" and then she said something about five kids that I can't remember. From that point on I started to ponder that, and asked myself, do we really know our limits, and I mean REALLY. Some will think we are crazy for going about this again and having five kids. Some probably say Sarah and I bite off more then we can chew. Some probably think I'm crazy for coaching my son's baseball team at the same time I coach my daughter's softball team and having the other two kids in ball also. But, you know what, it's worked out great for everyone and I wouldn't have it any other way. I would coach all four kids' teams if I could. Our family lives for this time of year, but I know that would be impossible; that is a limit I know. I know I can't go up on top of the Sears Tower, jump off, and fly safely down to the ground without the help of aids. Those are obvious limits. I'm talking about stuff we really don't know about until we do it. I wonder if we put limits on ourselves because we are afraid And, do we also put limits on God because we are afraid? I would really hate knowing that some orphan was never made to feel like a king or queen here on this earth because I put limits on myself that I don't even know are true, and I was afraid to try and find those limits. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's something I've thought about frequently since then.
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