To Dad with Love!

Being adopted, I always felt different and not sure of my place. My family that had adopted me are the most beautiful people one could ever want to meet. I was 7 when I came to them. They instantly considered me part of their family, including the sibling rivalry. They gave me the best life they knew how to give and it was overly filled with Blessings of many kinds. So why did I have such a hard time with fears of being rejected or abandoned? I held on to those fears so long that I lived them out in so much of my life. I'm now just learning to let them go, that I am worthy and I won't be rejected. I've also learned that if I am ever rejected there is One who will never reject me and that is the Lord Our God. Oh if I could have known this as a child. But time is gone and I can't get it back. I can be thankful for the life I did have and the parents the Lord brought me too. Every year I strive to find the most fantastic way I can show my parents how much I love them and thank them for the life they gave me. I wrote this a few years back for Father's Day and my dad's birthday(they were so close together) I couldn't think of a gift because my parents have everything they need. So I wrote this as a gift to my dad. It's a long one but it sums it all up. I love you Dad! 

To My Perfect Protector

One day many years ago

In a small Ontario town

There was a small girl desperate for someone to love her

Someone to watch over her

These needs weren’t being fulfilled

He had a plan

In another town there was a man and his wife

Who had more love in their hearts to share

But didn’t know where to put that love

 He had a plan

The two searched and searched

But could not find a place to share their love

 He had a plan

The little girl was lost, hurt and confused

He had a plan

A cycle of pain and frustration had now began

A call came through for the man and his wife one day

For He had a plan

This little girl was on the move again

This little girl was to live with the man and his wife

But didn’t understand why

Because He had a plan

The man and his wife were overjoyed

The man and his wife couldn’t imagine letting the little girl go

For He had a plan

The little girl became smitten with her new protector

This little girl soon felt like the luckiest girl on the planet

For He had unveiled his plan!

The man and his wife were pleased with this plan

But weren’t sure about the little girl

For His plan was confusing to the little girl back then

She couldn’t understand why it had to happen

Why would He take her from them

If He brought her there to earth through them

Throughout her life she always held that question in her heart until one day…………

It made sense

His plan was to provide the little girl with the perfect protector

To love and shelter His special child

Until she was to return to Him

His plan was for the man and his wife to be the perfect protectors

To shelter this little girl with as much love as He gave her

Because He only knows perfection and only wants the best for HIS children

This man is called my dad and 
Dad, I'm so happy He chose YOU!

He chose you for my Dad because He knew

That you were the perfect one to fill that role

I was missing so much in my life

I am yours because of Him

There isn’t a day that goes by

That I don’t thank Him for doing this for me

And there is no better way to thank you

For stepping up to the plate and accepting this Mission from God

We often don’t know why we are on this earth

But I know one of your reasons is to be my loving and sheltering protector

Sent from the Lord above to keep watch over me,

Until I return to my Heavenly Father.

I Thank You Lord for the Perfect Father!

Happy Father’s Day Dad!