Daily Dose of Mama: Adoptivus: The Prayer

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Adoptivus: The Prayer

My son was honored to have the founder of his Korean agency and one of the most amazing souls ever to grace this planet privately pray over him before he joined our family and left the only family and culture he had ever known.

"Precious lives, our angels, we send away these lives to foreign countries, with scarred memories of their homeland.

Please forgive our sins and allow Korea to be a better country, so that we will be adopting children from other countries, instead of us always sending ours away.

We send them for care. So please protect these lives and help them lead a happy life in their new homes. Always provide them with grace and intelligence, lead them to live by the rules of Jesus Christ, to have luck, to help benefit others, and to return the glory to our Lord.

It is our sincere wish that these lives will not forget their home country and the love of the people who took care of them.

Father, please remember the foster families who worked hard whether it is favorable or unfavorable conditions to protect these lives, and give them blessings for the benefits they provided with. By your blessings, these adoptive families will be full of love and be under your protection.

Now the children are leaving: Please make their way as easy as possible, lead them to the most pleasant life.

In the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen. "

I wonder if Dr. Kim knows just how much his own humble life has changed the course of so many others' lives forever.

Like mine.

감사함니다, Dr. Kim, for loving my son.

6 comments:

sueSeptember 18, 2010 at 12:54 AM
this prayer gets me every time. it's one of the many reasons that i'm so glad we traveled to bring C home. Dr Kim is truly an amazing person who has brought goodness to so many peoples' lives.
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everythingismeowsomeSeptember 18, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Oh, that prayer. Probably the most powerful moment of our time in Korea.
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kellySeptember 18, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Oh boy, that prayer does it to me every time. I can't believe you had THE Dr. Kim say your prayer. He is indeed an amazing guy and changed all our lives forever.
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KristenSeptember 18, 2010 at 9:41 AM
He is an amazing person. The fact that he prayed over every child prior to their departure, rather than just handing us a piece of paper w/the prayer or having various staff reside over it says volumes about the depth of his care for the thousands of children he has helped through the years.
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AnonymousSeptember 20, 2010 at 9:09 PM
An amazing soul, indeed. How I wish we could have met Dr. Kim! This is such a sweet picture... I love how Little Bug has his hands folded together during the prayer.
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MeganSeptember 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Oh this picture is so moving, what a treasure. The prayer is so beautiful and so well thought out, I can only imagine what a moment that is.
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