I was not an accident. I was planned.

That's right. I think so many times people assume that an adopted person was somehow an “accident”. When you hear that there was an unwed mother and father that led to a child being given up for adoption, it is just assumed that mistakes were made and the child is also often considered a mistake.

I am here to tell you, I am not a mistake.

If you read Psalm 139:13-16 it very clearly says...

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

On that day, all those years ago, God made me. He knitted me together. He fashioned me just the way He wanted me to be. He created me and it was all a part of His plan.

His plan for me to be His child.

His plan for me to be a teacher.

His plan for me to be a wife.

His plan for me to be a mom.

His plan for me to be a part of so much more.

But most of all, as someone told me not too long ago,

He created me to be a gift to my parents.

He didn't just create me and leave me there. It has been so very obvious to me that He had guided and directed my steps along the way.

As I unfold this story in the days to come, I am excited to show you how God planned not only my birth, but also so many other events and circumstances over the course of my life, so stay tuned.....