You were meant to be :)

I heard a song tonight called "Meant to Be" by Steven Curtis Chapman. The story behind the song is found here. The song is fantastic (as are all of his songs), but it was especially powerful because he sang of God's perfect plan for your lives. As many of you may know, the Chapmans are adoptive parents (multiple times!) and Steven Curtis Chapman wrote this song specifically for the VeggieTales movie, "It's a Meaningful Life" (based on "It's a Wonderful Life" and about being content). He said that he related to the main character of the movie because they both are adoptive parents.
The song mainly is about how we are meant to be everything we are and we are meant to touch all of the lives we are touching. He even spoke of all the lives touched by his daughter who died fairly recently in an accident, and he was happy to say that she is in Heaven and that she has touched millions of lives.
Back on track, SCC's song, "Meant to Be" reminded me of the couples I know (and ones of whom I know) who are progressing through the adoptive process. It also made me think of the people (some of which are now categorized in the "currently adopting" category) who are struggling with infertility. One of those couples in particular feel very strongly now that adoption was always in God's plan for them; they were always meant to be adoptive parents. I bet they're right!!

The lyrics to the song are below, as is the video for the song. Really pay attention to these lyrics, and know that God is setting a path for you in your life. He's created His plan; we just need to listen and be part of the plan's execution. :)

"Meant to Be"
Steven Curtis Chapman


Long Before You Drew Your First Breath
A Dream Was Coming True
God Wanted to Give A Gift To The World
So He Wrapped It Up In You
Every Step That You’ve Taken
Every Move That You Make
Is Part Of His Plan
You Were Meant To Be Touching
The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It
You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing
You Are Perfectly, Wonderfully,
Beautifully Meant To Be
You Were Meant To Be
Long Before You Took Your First Fall
You stumbled to the ground
God started telling the story of you to the angles around
Every failure and victory
Everything in between
Its all in his hand
You Were Meant To Be Touching
The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It
You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing
You Are Perfectly, Wonderfully,
Beautifully Meant To Be
You Were Meant To Be (yeah)
Meant To Be
You are
You are
You are meant to be
You are
You are
You are meant to be
For every breath that your taking
And every move that you make
It’s a meaningful life you’ve been given
Live it well
You Were Meant To Be Touching
The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It
You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing
You Are Perfectly, Wonderfully,
Beautifully Meant To Be (yeah)
You Were Meant To Be (yeah)
You Were Meant To Be (yeah)
You Were Meant To Be
To Be
You Were Meant To Be