As I was thinking of Eden this morning during my quite time, I had this revelation.
Many times Christians are required to make sacrifices, but sometimes we must also be open to receiving His gifts. After all, He did bestow upon us the most important gift of all, His Son. Christ paid the price, He was the ultimate sacrifice, but we must accept His gift of grace in order to receive eternal life through Christ Jesus our Savior. How many gifts do we miss out on because we believe we must "do" something or sacrifice something in order to receive it? If He has given us the greatest gift of all, then don't you think that He blesses us with other gifts along the way? Not because we have done something to deserve it; quite the contrary, it is just because He can, because He loves us, and promises to give us the desires of our heart. It is all for His glory, and it is done when we have no control over it. Children are a gift from the Lord, whether He chooses to bless us naturally or through the process of adoption; each child is from Him. A gift. This has brought me much encouragement today. Hopefully it will encourage those who read this as well.