elie's dedication
"For this child I have prayed and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to Him" ~ (1 Sam) "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you; plans to give you a hope and a future." ~ (Jer 29) The thought of this moment helps carry me through the wait of adoption. The day when we dedicate our child to God in front of our friends and family. It is the moment when we publicly declare that this child belongs to our Heavenly Father. We make a promise to dedicate ourselves to teaching her God's Truth and to live out the gospel in our home so that she may know Jesus for herself. " You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, a