“Before this book, I had never connected my adoption with the way I pray. The realization hit me like a truck. Even though I intellectually know it isn’t true (and isn’t even possible), I’m afraid of being a burden to God, afraid of being an annoying little human who asks for too much and who is too obnoxious to keep around, afraid of God deciding I’m too hard to keep.”
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The Prayer of My Broken Heart
“Truth is that I have been told so often that I am loved, and worthy of so much more — that God offers me freedom and abundant life….but it feels like in this life, actions speak louder than words. The only action that I am constantly reminded of, which plays on repeat in the recesses of my mind is the fact that I was left behind. That I was abandoned.”