Look What God Can Do!

This afternoon I was at my friend Laura's house. Their Korean daughter arrived into their arms at O'Hare airport just last month. She is a precious little thing, so bright and pretty, and just seven months old. Laura showed me the video today of Lily's homecoming... what a miracle it was. I was so encouraged to see how God worked in their family, because they had prayed for months for Lily to recognize them and feel at home with them, just like we have been for Gwen.

Laura had told me how miraculous their first meeting of Lily had been, how peaceful and loving Lily had acted. But until I saw it today I didn't realize what an amazing work God had done.

This baby had been on a long international flight with an escort whom she did not know and was placed into the arms of people she had never met. But it was so obvious from the video that God had put her family in her heart long before she ever saw them.

She came happily and willingly into Laura's arms. She looked peacefully around and was just generally pleasant and calm, with all the comotion of an airport gate and lots of people talking all around her. She snuggled onto Laura's shoulder and went easily to her daddy. She reached out to her grandpa and was snuggled against his cheek. It was truly miraculous.

At the end of the video, which was about thirty minutes after she was carried off the plane to meet her new family, Lily started to fuss a little. Laura sat down in one of those airport chairs and fed her a bottle. Lily laid back in Laura's arms, looked right into her eyes and peacefully drank her milk. And the last shot of her I saw was her little hand reaching up to play with her new mama's long curly hair. She was finally home, right where she belonged.