Has there ever been a time where you were supposed to meet someone at a crowded dinner or a show and you were late getting there? Isn't it such a relief to know someone is saving you a seat? It might make you feel that you are important to the person who is waiting on you.
Perhaps you have been on the other side. Perhaps you have been the one waiting on your friend or family member to join you. Isn't it nice when your friend arrives and he can take the place you have saved for him? You feel like the party can finally start for real and you can begin enjoying the fellowship with your friend and have a good time.
This is where our family is right now: we are saving a place for someone. We have things to do while we are waiting and life goes on in the meantime, but we can't wait for that place to be filled. Our family is in the process of adoption and we are greatly looking forward to meeting our new son and welcoming him to his place with our family. We don't know who our son will be, but God already knows who he is and when we will get to be with him. To us, he is already a part of this family and we are eagerly anticipating the day when he will take his place with us at the table.
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The empty seat at our dinner table will hopefully be filled in the next 6-12 months.
BTW, this is not my family or my image. Just appropriate for the situation.
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"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:18
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