“You know why I pray that prayer, don’t you, Vince?  It’s because one day every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.  You know that, don’t you, Vince?”

Stillness.  Dorothy Lee, eight-nine years of life on her face, watched Vince intently. 

“Yes, ma’am, I know that.”  My husband wrapped his arms around Dorothy with a strong hug.  She said, “That was nice.  Could we do that one more time?”

As we prepared to leave, we told her we were expecting a baby.  She was, in fact, the first person who heard our news.  Speaking of babies made her think of her own daughter.  She explained, “Years ago, my sister, who worked at the Department of Human Services, called me on the phone and said, ‘You’ve got to come down here.  A family of children was dropped off today.  You’ve just got to come see them.’  When I walked in, I saw a little girl about seven months old.  Do you know, that child just raised her arms to me, just like that.  Well, I looked at my sister and I said, ‘I guess this one’s mine.’  I brought her home and raised her.”

That rescued child was the one who had written the letter that brought us there all these years later. 

From Mosaic.  Copyright © 2007 by Amy Grant.  Used by permission of WaterBrook Press, Colorado Springs, CO.  All rights reserved. 

Amy Grant is the best-selling Christian music artist of all time and the first to garner the number one spot on Billboard’s chart.  Since beginning her career at age 17, she has earned six GRAMMY Awards and twenty-five Dove Awards, and this year she received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Grant’s numerous television appearances include Oprah; Good Morning, America; and Late Night with David Letterman.  In 2007 she’ll tour nationwide, performing with local symphonies in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Kansas City and elsewhere.