Okay, I know this song is about five years old. But, clearly this song means a lot more this year. You should watch the video to listen to it. (I pasted the lyrics at the bottom of this post.) I was decorating cookies with my nieces most of the day yesterday and I made Mya keep repeating the CD this song is on. I've listened to it more than five times today. And of course I can't listen to this song without my eyes filling up with tears!
I have some more thoughts . . . but you need to watch/listen to the song first:
I love this song because it allows you to think about life - especially at Christmas - from the perspective of an orphan with no family.
Can you imagine what it would be like to long for a family? Can you imagine the pain of that kind of loneliness? Can you imagine wanting to ask someone to help you find a family but knowing it has never worked before?
I've realized lately that the reason I nearly bawl my eyes out any time I hear about the plight of orphans is not just that they are lonely and longing to belong to a family. It is not because they are hopeless.
The plight of orphans tears me apart because there IS a way for them to have a family.
The way is ADOPTION.
Yes, adoption is hard. Yes, adoption causes you to have to give up the comfortable picture you have of your family and fork out all the money you have (and don't have!). But, God loves to provide all that you need. He is waiting to come through. And He loves to provide JOY. There is so much joy in doing something that God cares deeply about - even though it is hard.
While I have already experienced a ton of joy (along with gigantic fears, too) in following God down the path of adoption in the past few months, yesterday I was caught up in a different kind of joy.
The joy of knowing that I get to be the MOM to three kids who, if asked, would only want one thing this Christmas . . . a family.
To be given the privilege by God to give three orphans what their little hearts long for is an inexpressible kind of joy. Granted, it is not the kind of joy that can sustain the trials that are to come (meaning, don't adopt just to get warm, fuzzy feelings). But, this joy is a gift that I am treasuring right now.
"All I Really Want For Christmas" Lyrics:
Well, I don't know if you remember me or not
I'm one of the kids they brought in from the home
I was the red-haired boy in an old, green flannel shirt
You may not have seen me, I was standing off alone
I didn't come and talk to you 'cause that's never worked before
And you'll probably never see this letter, anyway
But just in case there's something you can do to help me out
I'll ask you one more time
All I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in
A shoulder to cry on if I lose, shoulders to ride on if I win
There's so much I could ask for, but there's just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas is a family
Well, I guess I should go ahead and tell you now
If it's really true about that list you have
Somehow I always seem to end up in a fight
But I'm really trying hard not to be bad
But maybe if I had a brother or a dad to wrestle with
Maybe they could teach me how to get along
And from everything I've heard, it sounds like the greatest gift on earth
Would be a mom
All I want for Christmas is someone who'll be here
To sing me happy birthday for the next 100 years
And It's okay if they're not perfect or even if they're a little broken
That's alright, 'Cause so am I
Well, I guess I should go, it's almost time for bed
Maybe next time I write you I'll be at home
'Cause all I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in
Tell me I'll never be alone, someone whose love will never end
Of all that I could ask for, well, there's just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas is a family
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