Thankful Thursday | A letter to Birth Moms | Adoption

Dear Birth Moms all over the world,
Thank you for choosing "life".  Thank you for choosing the hard road when others around you suggested otherwise.  Thank you for carrying a sweet baby in your womb and loving it enough to give it a safer future.
Thank you that even when your feelings betrayed you, you trudged on & did what you knew was right, even if it was not necessarily what you "felt" at the moment.  We must not trust anything about our hearts unless they are fully surrendered to God. 'Our hearts are deceitful above all things and beyond cure.  We will never be able to understand it. The Lord searches the heart & examines our minds.' (paraphrased - Jeramiah 17:9-10)
Thank you for the selfless love you possess that helped you reach for the phone to make that phone call to ask for help.  Thank you that you have tried your best to be the best mom possible by eating healthy and breaking bad habits during your pregnancy.  I know it hasn't been easy!
For the moms in 3rd world countries who had no choice due to extreme poverty or death, we want you to know that your baby is being loved and well taken care of.  We can't imagine what your life was like before your baby was taken to the orphanage, and we know it is something we will NEVER fully comprehend.  And we're sorry you had to endure such hardship.  We are so very, very sorry!
Life was NOT supposed to be this way.  God intended for us to have perfect, sinless lives.  But sin entered the world and ruined everything.  Sort of.  God sent His Son to redeem us.  His Name is Jesus.
So even though life may absolutely suck right now, we have a Redeemer in Jesus.  He was sent here to redeem us from the bondages of our own flesh.  He came to give us hope.  I know this firsthand.
I used to feel so hopeless.  I made many, many mistakes as a young woman.  But God forgave me.  "He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud & mire.  He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.  He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God.  Many will see what He has done and be amazed.  They will put their trust in God." Psalm 40:2-3
"He will rescue the poor when they cry to Him; He will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.  He feels pity for the weak and the needy, and He will rescue them.  He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to Him." Psalm 72:12-14
So thank you Birth Moms.  Thank you for the selflessness you have practiced, no matter how hard it was.  Thank you for putting your baby's needs ahead of your own.  Thank you for waking up every day and doing what you have to do to get through another day.  We don't judge you.  We are compassionate towards your situation.  We hurt for you.  There are nights we fall asleep crying for the way life is right now.  We long for the perfection found in heaven, just like you do.  We pray for you.  We ask the Lord to draw you to Him.  And most of all, we thank Him for you, beautiful, selfless birth mom!