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"The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.” Psalm 90:10
So straighten your back. Open your eyes. Brace your shoulders. And cry our, “I will not waste it!”
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Dave and Stacey Hare met at The Master’s College (now The Master’s University) in Santa Clarita, CA. They then went on to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY where they each received their MDivs. Also in Louisville, they adopted four kids from Ethiopia. Their first term on the field they spent learning French and Kwakum. For their first home assignment they each received a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, Bible Translation from the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (now Dallas International University). They currently live in Cameroon, Africa where they serve as Linguists/Bible Translators among the Kwakum (aka Bakoum) people.
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Who do youe mean with "unthankful people", "people who do not love the Lord", and is responsible that you cannot easily talk to your husband? With "people" do you mean your children???! Are you really expecting from 3 year old children to be disciplined and whise as to not interrupt you and be thankfull you adopted them? I understand your feelings butI felt sorry for the littles ones. I just want to get it right, I think you sincerely try to be a good person but try to understand what drives the little ones. By asking so many questions it shows they didnt understand your answers, try to find out what they dont understand, by trying you show them you take them and their needs serious – be kind! Dont give up, the best things in life come as big challenges.
Thanks for commenting, we always want to be clear on our blog. First, yes the people Stacey was referring to are our children. Our kids almost never thank anyone on their own (I don't think she was thinking about being thankful for adoption in this post, but more of being thankful for wiping their bottoms and making their food). They were not born with any desire for the Lord and they constantly interrupt us and each other.
Second, to your question of what we expect the answer is both yes and no. I believe that God expects them to be thankful. One of the most damning charges in the Bible stems from unthankfulness (Romans 1:21). Because of the Fall our children are not born thankful, but they are born only thinking of themselves. And this is sin, something they genuinely need to repent of. However, being that we live in a fallen world we completely expect our kids to sin. We know that all 3 year olds are unthankful, we are just not content with that.
Finally, thank you for your encouragement to not give up. Most of our blog posts are expressing our feelings. And when you have just worked for hours to make food for your kids and they throw it on the ground and say they hate it, it is frustrating. Not that we don't "expect" behavior like that, it just makes us sad. I think if you re-read the second and third section of the post you will see that we know that this is a hard work and that it is worth our efforts. We love our kids and take great joy in seeing them giggle, draw silly pictures on the page, give us big hugs when they come home from school, and find pretty flowers to give to their mom in the park. But more than any of these pleasures, our highest joy is when we see them understanding the Bible, both about their own sinful nature and about the redemption that comes in Christ. And to that end we will not be content with their sin, but continually call them to repentance and faith. Just as we too seek to be discontent with our sins and beg the Lord for forgiveness.
Thanks again for your feedback,
Dave