Significance

Malachi is a sneaky toddler. He gets into things so fast. I am pretty sure he is Houdini. The other day I was cleaning the dishes and I noticed that Malachi had grabbed the extension for the vacuum and was using it to swipe things off the fridge that he couldn't reach. He had several alphabet letter magnets in his hand. So what did I do? I, like the good mom that I am, just let him continue his business.
 Nope.
I practically lunged at him and took the magnets from him. And then I cried. Yep I took children's alphabet magnets that are meant to be played with from a child and then I cried. My proudest moment of course. ;)
Have you ever had an object, something so small and insignificant to the outside world but to you its significance is great?
That's what these magnets are to me. They aren't magical. They aren't shiny or glittery. They really aren't even that nice looking. They are just your ordinary dollar store magnets. Most of the letters are missing and they aren't strong enough to hold anything. But these magnets, the very few that are left, hang on the refrigerator every day as a reminder of something sweet.
They spell out two precious names. Two names that have forever changed our lives. One spells out the name of a boy we have had the greatest pleasure of calling Ours forever. The other spells out a name of a girl we had wished and still hope to call ours forever.
Can you guess which group of letters he had?
It's no great mystery to why I have such an emotional attachment to those letters.
Those magnets, which I see multiple times a day often bring tears and sadness but they also serve as a reminder of the joy and love that cant be described for a child who is not my own. It is a hope that I am holding on to, a reminder to pray, to lay myself before God and ask for His will, not mine. It is a Promise from God that He has never left my side, He is right there holding me, guiding me all the way through this season.
So there they sit on the refrigerator, up high, never letting me forget the goodness of Him and His Promise.