One Decision

Do you ever wonder where one decision will take you?  Then after making that one decision, another one comes along and you continue on a path you had never intended to take from the beginning.

A few years ago I was asked to interview for the position of  president of MOPS International.  I did so.  I was one of the two finalists.  I did not get the job.

At the time I wondered why I had gone through all those interviews.  I wondered why I was even considered for this position.  It was a long process and I came away from it a bit bewildered as to what had just occurred. I had NOT been job searching. I was CONTENT to be at home with my kids.  The opportunity fell in my lap and then fell out.

I made a decision.  That decision lead to another decision.  The decision I made was to accept the outcome of that job process.  And the next decision?  Well, all this happened May and June of 2007.  In July Matt and I decided to send our application for adoption to AWAA.

And the rest is history.  See, if I had been asked and accepted the MOPS International President position, Desta would not be part of this family.  And if Desta wasn’t part of this family, I wouldn’t have been exposed to that inner thumping sacred holy passion festering.  And I would not be on this path to truly follow the mandate I feel I’ve been called to live; the mandate to care for the widow and orphan.

See, one decision.  A completely different path.