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Steve
Flaig, of Flaig asked D.A. Blodgett for Children, the agency that arranged his adoption, for his background information. He received the information a couple of months later, and it included his birth mother’s name. Flaig’s birth mother, Christine Tallady, who was single and very young when Flaig was born, left the adoption record open, thinking her son might want to contact her someday....She was right! When Flaig received his mother’s name, he began searching the Internet for her address to no avail. But last October, after searching for four years with no results, he realized that he had been spelling his mother’s surname incorrectly as “Talladay.” When he typed “Tallady” into a search engine on his computer, he came up with an address less than a mile from the Lowe’s store where he worked. Excited about his possible find, he mentioned it to his boss at Lowe’s. In amazement, his boss said, “You mean Chris Tallady, who works here?” Flaig was stunned. For the next several weeks, he said, “I would walk by her, look at her from a distance, not knowing how to approach her.” Should he just walk up to her and say, “Hi, I’m Steve, your son.” What if she rejected him? Finally,
on Friday, December 14, 2007, Tallady and Flaig, who
had known each other casually as co-workers for
several months, met for the first time as mother and
son. When you and I were born, we belonged to God by right of creation. However, due to our sin, we became separated from Him (Isaiah 59:1-2). But God “left the record open.” He has revealed His identity – and His love for us – through His Word. He desires that we “seek Him, … reach out for Him and find Him, though he is not far from each one of us” (Acts 17:27). He longs to be reunited with us, but He is waiting for us to come to Him. He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins so that we can be reunited with Him (Romans 5:10) as one of His redeemed children. God, the Heavenly Father, has revealed the path to reunion in His Record: believe in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from sin in repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Then we can live with Him eternally if we will follow Him faithfully (1 John 1:7; Revelation 2:10). A joyful reunion with the Heavenly Father awaits YOU! You won’t have to look very far. Return to Him on His terms and He will run to meet you! David A. Sargent, Minister Church
of Christ at Creekwood * Information gleaned from “Man's journey to find birth mom ends — at work.” By Pat Shellenbarger of Newhouse News Service in The Seattle Times -- http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004081699_found19.html To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
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