The Path Less Traveled

Well, as already noted by Cath, we met with E’s current therapist last Tuesday and she affirmed the belief that his ODD diagnosis is completely inaccurate. From her observations, this is not the case at all. We had some lengthy discussion with her and gained some peace that his issues are primarily centered on the fact that E has lived with several families for most of his life, but has never felt fully settled - that makes sense and could explain alot of his behaviour. As Cathleen noted, we are still waiting to hear back from CPS on whether he will be coming to us or not.

All of this has happened so fast that we have had to go back to our original reasons for going down this route in the first place. We both feel that God had led us to this point and wants to use all 5 of us to move past our comfort zones and love another child of His.

Will it be hard? Yes.
Will there be times when we wonder what in the world we are doing? Without a doubt.
Will we question our own sanity? Most certainly.

However, just because things get difficult does not mean that it was the wrong thing to do. I think back on our decision to move to Germany in ’92 and leave our careers, friends, etc. after we got married. There were many nights that we wondered what in the world we had done, but now in retrospect God used those times to grow us and shape us. Our prayer is that this will be the case here as well.

“I chose to take the path less traveled, and that has made all the difference” – Robert Frost, 1920.

We are choosing to veer off of the current path a little bit, and are thankful that our God is faithful to provide our every need through it all. Please pray for E as he will have some difficult adjustments ahead, whether he stays with us or not. The origin of his name is Hebrew, and means “Rock” or “Foundation.” Christ has been called the Ebenezer Stone as He was the foundation of the church. Pray that E will come to know the only Solid Rock on which to build his life – Jesus who will never leave him.

Hebrews 13:5b – Since God assures us - “I will never let you down, never walk off and leave you” (The Message)

Thanks for your friendship…..Paul