Emotions and time.

I have heard before that adoption is an emotional plea. That we are moved by emotion to do something because we feel bad or are attracted to a child. I know there is some truth in that just like the emotions I felt when I got married and when I had my biological son. We are created with emotions and they play a part in our life. It is not wrong to be emotional when thinking about a child without a family, or a child put away in an institution ,or even a neglected child.

God says it is not good to have Zeal without knowledge. He doesn't say not to have Zeal but that we need knowledge also. There are families that adopt and later disrupt and that is always a risk. But, do we take the negative things and let the keep us from the good?

I found out that someone had been advocating for my daughter since she was 7!!! She is 11 now. Four years of someone caring about her and noone having Zeal to go and get her. Four years that she could have been with a family. It hurts my heart so much to know this. She isn't alone. So many children are waiting. Children that have people advocating for them , praying for them and raising funds for them. Where is the Zeal? God said that Zeal for His Fathers house consumed Him! Where is the Zeal for our Fathers house, our Fathers will? Why are the doors of these orphanages not being stormed to take these precious gift's from God and bring them home?

I know so many amazing people that are doing what they can to help and I am thankful to know them. How do we open the eyes of those who don't see? Time is not a friend to those that wait.
So many blessings waiting to be in a family and so many families that are missing out. My children aren't perfect but, neither am I. I will say that they are an amazing blessing. They make my life better. They make me better. They make all the things that I would be doing if I didn't have them to care for seem worthless and they make all the things I do for them seem worthwhile. What I don't know is how to express that Zeal, that knowledge to those that don't have it. Families that I know would be so blessed and would be such a great blessing to a waiting child. How long must they wait?