Just the Same

Several of my close friends and family members are adoptive parents and a few of my friends were adopted. I also have a dear friend who gave her baby to another couple and one very sweet friend of mine is adopting another precious little baby in just a few weeks. When I came across this poem, I couldn't help but think of all of them and the love that our Heavenly Father has for each of us.

Just the Same

by Diana Lynn Lacey

(April 2011 Ensign)

Sometimes-

God sends rain

Straight from the sky

To nourish the young flower

and it grows.

Sometimes-

God sends the rain from the sky

To the mountaintops,

Then over the hills and through valleys

until it reaches the flower

and it grows, just the same.

Sometimes-

God sends a child

Straight from his realm

Into a mother's arms

and love grows.

Sometimes-

God sends a child

From heaven to another's arms,

Then over hills and through valleys

Until he reaches the arms of his mother

and love grows, just the same.