An Open Letter

Dear Mr. Robertson,

Please retire.  Please stop saying ugly, thoughtless things in the name of Christ.  You are giving us a bad name.  Those of us that adopt don't do it to create some sort of Utopian family.  We do it because we believe Jesus cares about little white boys from Annapolis, and beautiful brown girls from Ethiopia, and especially those with an extra chromosome or a cleft lip.  If He cares about precious ones languishing in the foster care system, in impoverished countries, or with birthparents who chose adoption over abortion, shouldn't we?

In Christ,
Wendy 

Orphans' Matchbox report on Pat Robertson's Adoption Comments

The 80/20 Rule

Last night, in a Bible Study of the wives of leadership last night, I was struck and convicted by a quote by Lars Gren, husband of Elizabeth Elliot.

“A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to
perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There is always the other twenty
percent that she would like to change, and she may chip away at it for the
whole of their married life without reducing it by very much. She may, on the
other hand, simply decide to enjoy the eighty percent, and both of them will
be happy.”

Here is my challenge to all of the wives out there:  meditate on the 80%.  Most of the time we focus so much on what our husbands are not doing or what we'd like to change, that we miss the 80%.  We married them for the 80%.  Let celebrate that. 

In the spirit of this challenge, I'd like to list some of Shane's 80%:

• He wakes up each morning and fixes us breakfast.
• He is an amazingly talented lyricist.
• He has an incredible voice ( I forget this because I hear it so much)
• He has a smile or laugh for every mood.
• He has a brilliant mind, but he is one of the most approachable and unpretentious people I know
• He has hands that are more like paws :)
• He helps with the laundry and dishes without being asked
• He loves to read
• He's an amazing father
• He has a heart to disciple others
• He has gray-blue eyes
• He looks awesome in a kilt
• Most of all, He loves Jesus and desires to grow as a Christian

I could ramble on.  Take the challenge!  Fell free to post your man's 80% and I'll post it for the world to see!