"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him."
1 Samuel 1:27

"God sets the lonely in families."
Psalm 68:6

"And whoever welcomes a little child in My name welcomes Me."
Matthew 18:5

The Color of Jesus
By Jill Marshall-Work

A Jewish prayer:

We did not plant you,
True.
But when the season is done,
When alternate prayers
For sun and rain are counted,
When the pain of weeding
And the pride of watching are through,
We will hold you high.

A shining leaf
Above the thousand seeds grown wild.
Not by our planting,
But by heaven
Our harvest. 
Our child.

-Author unknown-