I am almost 30 weeks pregnant and placing my son for adoption. This song gets me through every day knowing that I am doing what is best for him. I just pray that one day when he is old enough, he knows that I placed him for adoption not because I didn't want him, but because I knew it was the best option for him. He will always be my baby. (:
I know this was 8 years ago... But I am 28 and I was adopted at 3 days old. I am now a mom to a three year old son. I still talk to my birth mom. I know she loves me, and I know I got a better life. You are amazing.
This comment is 8 years old, and soon your son will be too. I pray that God has blessed these last 8 years with confidence you made the right decision, that his life has been blessed and that you two are one day reunited to embrace as a mother and son should embrace. May God bless you today and forever! Amen!
Today i turn 20. 20 years ago my birth mother gave me to my momma and daddy through adoption. I have recently met my mother through facebook and i love her just as much as I could have imagined. God has been so good to me!
I am a birthmother of a 3 week old sweet, sweet baby girl. The pain I feel is made worthwhile when I see the love and life she is being given. This song helps my heart heal. Thank you, this song means the world. It is on repeat ♡
+Madison Johnson do you miss your birthkid? I have never met my birthmother and i've always felt slightly abandoned since i've given my mom now letters to send to my birthmother and i've never gotten one back, in my 20 years of writing them... I guess i'm just wondering what it's like from the birthmother's perspective..
+Moriah Mount I miss her everyday! There is not a day that goes by where she isn't my first thought. I knew I couldn't be what she needed and provided her with a family that can!! Placing her for adoption was done completely out of love. I'm sure it was the same for your birthmother.
As a birthmom of 2yo twin boys I can say for a fact that I think about them around the clock. Not a day goes by that I don't think about how much I care and love them more than anything thing in the universe. I couldn't go a day without knowing how healthy and happy they are.
You birthmom's who placed your child up for adoption are a huge blessing! You are loved and you are selfless. My profile pic is my son who we adopted. He is amazing and so is his birthmom!
Mark, wondering if you ever decided to search for your birth mother? I was reunited with my BM in 2007. Received the call on my Birthday. When she passed on Aug 2, 2018... it was on my adopted Mother's birthday. Quite the guide story!
As an adoptee, I feel this song speaks what has been on my heart for so long. Praise God for all of those brave birthparents who have made such a difficult & beautiful decision for their children & praise God for all of the adoptive parents giving those children homes & families. I'm so thankful for both sets of parents in my life. I've been so fortunate. I have a wonderful family & I've been able to meet my birthmother on this side of heaven & have thanked her for the decision she made for me.
I kept my son when I was single, at another time and place, at that time, moms, if single were put in unwed mom's homes. There was a lot of emotional manipulation going on. There was no guarentee who would adopt your child, there was no communication, not even from a third party. There was no open adoption. I am blessed, because even though my parents disowned me and my brother and sister distanced themselves from me, God had my back. The churches back then treated me like a pariah as well. They could not see that thier judgemental attitudes were worse than any sin I committed. But God gave me a God fearing husband and we had more children, to this day , my oldest looks more like my husband than the rest of our children do and they are all close. Never be afraid to choose what God has placed on your heart to do, if it is right, He will back you and take care of you.
I am an adopted child, and also a birthmother who made the choice for my child. So this song hits very close to home and brings tears to my eyes in so many ways. God has gotten me through any of the pains of either situation, and for that I am so blessed. God bless all the birth parents with hard choices to make, and also all the parents out there who bless God's beautiful children with safe happy homes. I love you Mom and Dad!
As a birth mom of a 5 year old boy in an open adoption, you helped my heart heal. This song is now on repeat. I can't thank you enough for doing this song. You are a wonderful man... I'll always be grateful for knowing this song.
As an Adopted child, a Birth Mom and an Adoptive Parent this song has so much more meaning to me than anyone will ever know! This is the True Meaning of Adoption!
I posted on here two years ago about my twin boys getting adopted... Well they are with their adoptive parents and are super healthy and happy. We have an open adoption and it is great!
@@donnahewes2819 the new family has custody, but i think the birth mother can visit and such at times agreed upon by the adoptive family..my cousin is a birth mother to a child through an open adoption
I don't know how long ago this comment was posted, but I want you to know God is taking care of your child and watching over him/her. It's incredibly selfless to give birth and give the child up for adoption. God bless you.
My son is 14 now. I named him Dakota, they named him Justin. He's amazing. Most impossible thing I ever did, but there was no doubt in my heart that it was the right thing to do. Thank you for this song. Hadn't cried about this in years. I will always love him.
Candy Blair as a foster mother and the mother of a daughter I adopted; we are not put upon this earth to judge. The strength it took for that beautiful woman to give her daughter a life she would not have been able to provide, the courage to carry that child and not abort it knowing she was unable to provide. The reasons behind her decision is not ours to know, but show some respect. I’ve seen what happens when mothers keep children and can’t raise them. Bless all you angels who give the beautiful dream of parenthood to those unable to conceive. May your journey only bring you back to happiness. 💜
@@ashleycampbell4945 I feel so sad for you. Yor words must come from being hurt. Please listen again to the words of the song. Ask God to cleanse your heart of the bitterness. He will.
I'm 19 and adopted myself. I'm extremely grateful that my mom gave me up. I'm extremely lucky and it's easy for me to get caught up in the "woes" of college life and forget how truly lucky I am. This song is a good reminder. :)
This song means so much to me. I am so thankful that my children's birth parents chose life for them. After 5 miscarriages my husband and I are the parents of 5 other living children that we've adopted. I will carry their birth parents in my heart forever.
Holy frick, this song hit me so hard. My birth mother gave me to the people I claim as my parents. For years I hated her for letting me go, but when I was 17, I realized she did the best thing for me by giving me away. She couldn’t take care of me, but she knew that what’s best for me was giving me up.
About eight years ago when I lived in Winston-Salem North Carolina Mark Schwartz was in concert in the mall. He shared his testimony in between his performances. He was going to the table to sign on his CDs after the concert ended I ran over there quickly and I looked him in the eyes and Said Mark when is your birthday? I then looked at him and said you're not my son. He then came around the table and gave me a big hug and we shared our tears together. As I'm listening to this song I pray to God and ask him to bring my son to me and I know only in God's time you'll bring them to me .
I found your song last week when I was looking for a song about adoption to play at my birth mom's funeral :( I was fortunate enough to find her about 11 years ago and was able to form an incredible relationship. Unfortunately, she had a long battle with cancer and was called home last Sunday. I was on my way driving down to see her, but didn't make it in time. I can only hope that she knows that she gave EVERYTHING TO ME and how much I truly loved her.
What a beautiful song! I pray for any one out there facing this in their life. May you choose the gift of life and of hope. This is also a gift to the adoptive parents, the chance to love a child that they have longed for and to love and raise as their own. May God bless you for choosing LIFE!
It'll be okay!! No matter what you choose to do!! Did you do adoption? I'm just wondering I am also looking into adoption I found this great couple I am considering
I am a dad of 3 gorgeous kids…… I love this songs. It brings tears to my eyes. I thank God for HIS grace, mercy and compassion to me. We have an awesome God!!
I love this song... it reminds me of my mom's best friend. My mom's best friend adopted a baby because the birth mom couldn't handle having another kid. The birthmom already had a 1 year old and she knew she couldn't afford or love the child as much as my mom's best friend. My mom's best friend is very thankful and loves that child very much. She was not capable of having a child and this child is going to be very loved (:
I was adopted 46yrs. ago to a wonderful family. I have always been so grateful to the woman who thought of me first, before herself. Such a selfless act in giving me away. Bless you, wherever you are. You gave me this awesome life and I thank you:)
A beautiful song. God bless the birth mothers who suffer the pain of giving up their children for adoption becoz they know that its for the best. God bless the parents who have adopted and given their adopted children love and a good life and God bless the children who have been adopted. Each one of you are a special flower in God's garden of love.
This song had me bawling! I listen to it whenever I am having a hard day and not understanding why my birth mom gave me up. I am 15 and it was a closed adoption so I don't really know anything so this song for me gives me a lot of comfort. Also what an amazing voice!
My daughter, whom I was just reunited with after 23 yrs (on May 16th), just dedicated this song to me. The circumstances were a tad different but, it is a very beautiful song. Thank you.
❤MARK... I pray someday, if you haven't already...YOU consider searching for your birth mother. We're about the same age. I also was in 4-H, Storyteller Personality & Adopted... 😊I searched for my birth mother. Quite the God Stories. After 9 years of professional searching, not including my own personal search~ the doors Opened~ With alot that went on in between. It was all in God's Timing & Worth It!❤ I received a call literally on my BIRTHDAY, March 2007. That was also about same time a Christian friend gave me one of Your DVD / CD. Shortly after~ My teen son and I met you, Jefferson WI Concert. My birth mother already had dementia yet she was so fun and amazing! Believe it or not, she was now living near the Field of Dreams movie site... where my son and I had visited a few years prior in Iowa. ❤On August 2nd 2018, my lovely birthmother gained her Heavenly Wings...literally on my Adoptive Mom's BIRTHDAY. My adopted mother [mom] had passed the year before and chose never to meet my birthmom. 🎉At my birth mom's Celebration of Life...I spoke to all who attended: Two (2) mothers of the Same Daughter UNITED TOGETHER on the SAME DAY❤🎉❤ Thank you Mark for being a start of my Christian walk and finally when I truly got to know Our Lord ❤
Hi, I responded about a month ago. The decision to give a child that you love so much up so that they can have a better life is so difficult, but so worth it. Jason will be 8 next week. I still speak to him every week and he is doing well. the relinquishment will be finished next month and the adoption takes place in Dec. My heart still breaks and I am still torn up inside, but knowing my son is happy and healthy makes all the difference. I thank my higher power for his new family.
Thank you to my niece for sending this to me. I was that birth mother back in 1971 and yes...an ocean couldn't hold the tears when it came time to deliver. Letting go was the worst pain ever! But I didn't have to wait till Heavens Gait to meet my Birth Son...He found me at the age of 30 and our Reunion was TREMENDOUS!!! Life has come FULL CIRCLE FOR US:)
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Took me hearing it on the radio a few times to realize it's about adoption!! He really hits the nail on the head!! I grew up so thankful to my biological mother for giving me the chance she gave me, and thanking God for my amazing family.
Makes me cry because I have two siblings who were adopted from Guatemala. The birth parents of Maria and the birth parents of Luke would be proud of them today. I love them so much.
What a beautiful song!!! Gives me hope that maybe that decision I made 25 years ago was the right one when I chose life and adoption!!!! You are still in my thoughts and prayers daily!!! Not a day goes by that I stop thinking about you Michael!!!
I'm a birth mum, at 13wks I gave my daughter up and I still see her and she has an amazing life and I have so much love for her carer and her, I miss her everyday but I never regret my decision ❤️
Last year on my birthday (46th), I made a phone call that changed my life forever. You see I was calling a number that was emailed to me from a woman who was searching for the son she gave up for adoption. I made the call at 5:16pm. She returned my call at 6:02pm; exactly 46 minutes later. As soon as she answered the phone I recognized her voice; wasn't sure why until we talked. She told me that she used to sing to me every day when I was in the womb. Today a year later we have a wonderful relationship and our love has literally poured out into other aspects of our lives and those we are close to. God does not work in mysterious ways and I believe that with all my heart and soul. The gift He gave us last year is proof that God is working in each of our lives and know one knows adoption better than He. Through His Son Jesus Christ we are all given to God through adoption. My prayer is always for the child who feels abandoned and for the mother who gave a piece of herself to someone else. This is a brave and wonderful thing for a mother to do. I have been and will always be grateful for the choice my mother made that day back in 1967. I love you Mom.
Thank you my dear son for being who you are and who you have grown to be. And thank you for allowing me in your life. My love for you has always been strong through all those years of searching. Giving you life and then giving you up was an event that changed my life completely. I decided not to have any more children; rather have a career and try to help others become successful and find their way. God has been good to me over the years. Then he gave me back his greatest gift to me... you. That minute 6:02pm on your birth day when I called you back was also the moment 46 years prior I had looked up at the clock on the hospital wall, after just giving birth to you a few minutes prior. We have marveled at how God really wanted us to know that this was truly a "miracle" by giving us these "signs". Especially in a time when people don't think there are really miracles like Jesus performed anymore. We know and understand they are performed everyday - you just have look around and be aware and believe in Jesus Christ as your savior. I love you son.
My wife and I (with the huge assistance of our older kids) 'Foster' children that come from every situation imaginable. We are going to see Mark perform again this weekend and would love for him to know how his songs have impacted on people. Our local 'Agency' was very impressed with when we made a DVD of pictures of 'Our Kids' with Marks songs sending a very strong message about what we do. God Bless!
Even if I am adopted and that my Birth Mother hated me... I wanted to say thank you for all that you`ve done for me. She doesn`t realise it, but she gave me everything ina way that I cannot possible repay her for.
My heart is broken!!! Next month it will 38 years of grief, a shattered heart, a birth mother who loves her daughter more and more every day!! A piece of my heart was taken with her when she went to her new “parents”! Oh how my heart aches💔😪
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this song! I am a birth mother of a beatiful 7 year old little boy and I am right at the beginning of the rilinquishment process so that he can be adopted. I have been torn apart for the last couple of months and have felt like I was failing my child. he and I both have several disabilities which makes it difficult for me to parent him on my own. I want him to receive the adequate love and care he deserves, but it is still so hard.
Aww...my long lost neice that my sister gave up for adoption posted this on my sisters page today! They found each other this past year and this song made me cry! Jessica said she has never wanted for a thing and never for one day felt any less then loved! Wow!
Hello Mark: Wishing you and your family the best of Holidays and thank you for the time you spent with us in Portland, Oregon for the special event! (I took some photos). Meeting you was life-changing.
Wow, as an adopted kid this puts all the words to what I've felt for so many years that I couldn't find the words for. I was adopted 29 years ago on May 14th. My birth Mom was raped when she was 12 years old. I'm the product of that rape. I could not be more grateful that she chose to give me life and for the life she gave me in giving me up for adoption. This song has me sobbing ♥️
Thanks Mark Schultz.I was adopted when i was 3 going on 4.So we have something in common.That's cool!! I have been here in the U.S for 10 years today. I was adopted from Ethiopia Africa.
Your songs inspirational to me and encouraging you I was adopted . I know my real sister and brother. Although we have very little contact with each other. My adoptive parents are very love and my mom made sure I was in church every Sunday. Now that I am 41 and have two kids of me and my husband are now write letters to out old child a military school who wants to one day be in the National Guard love your song Letters From War. Keep writing your music God is speaking through you to me. Thanks. I got to see in concert one time in Lucedale Mississippi
I'm 22 and adopted, and I've always had a very sour outlook on my birth mother because of my history, and her mistakes, even though it wasn't really fully controllable, but.... she did this for me, I'm the only one, 2 abortions, me, then surgery. I'm one lucky SOAB, and I've wasted so much of what I've been given..... this song is like a pure slap in the face....
i found this song by pure luck. it holds such a great meaning. i was adopted, given up by my birth mother. i know nothing about her or my past life, though i do wish i did. i want to find my parents one day and say the very same words. "you gave everything to me." i love mark schultz for all his songs!
+Claire Baire I will pray. I am an adopted kid, grateful for the strength and love that my birth mom gave me a chance, gave me up and gave me a life. God Bless you Claire.
Just love Mark sharing his story and how blessed we are that God planned for his Mom to give him up and allow him to have life and how difficult it had to have been for his Mom to give him up!
I am a birthmom and thank you Mark for making this song!!! You do not know how much it means to me..... She will be 14 in 8 days... This is a reassuring song.... THANKS Again...
@SuperSmiles82 Hello you sweet lady. I am a 46yr.old adoptee and I want to thank you for being so thoughtful and giving. May God bless you and surround you with His love always.
as an adoptive mother, this song means so much to me. I love my childrens' birth mothers with all my heart and then some ... I hope and pray that when my children are older, they will feel the same way towards their birth mother.
I was adopted and this is exactly how I feel. I read things like kids who are adopted struggle with being wanted, but I don't because I believe that my birth mother gave me the best option she could. I don't desire a relationship with my birth mother, but I would love to tell her that she did the right thing, and thank her and tell her that I have an amazing life.
As an adoptive parent - this song is so special because it reminds me that it was the selfless decision made by an unknown mother that made me a mother and my husband a father of an amazing and beloved baby girl that is the love of our lives. Thank you to all the birthmothers that have been faced with the unthinkable decision for your child. God Bless You!!!
Best pro-life video/song I have ever heard! Thank you Mark for this. I am so thankful that my sisters chose to give life to their babies...one was raised by another family but became a fine young man and had a family who loved him. In this day when so many would love to adopt, I wish more women would choose life for their babies.
Gosh you're so brave, I cannot begin to understand what you have been through.I've lost several children (through miscarriage, premature birth etc), hats off to you!
With so many married couples waiting for a child to adopt, I hope this beautiful message will inspire some single mothers to consider giving a child to adoption. Especially if life for her and the baby will be hard. Adoptive parents have been carefully checked out and will make good parents for a child that might otherwise have had to struggle through life.
Please remember how you feel right at this moment and carry that with you for the rest of you & your family's life. Remember those feelings if and when things may get hard in your relationship with your son's birth family. A birthmother's love never ends..
I was adopted myself my bio mom was 20 and decided to give me up. I never got to meet her because she died in 2002. Lately I have wanted to find my bio family and have actually gotten information to contact them I just haven't been sure about contacting them. Since seeing this video its pushed me to contact them to tell at least my bio father Thank You. Thank you Mark for this song you are a great song writer. God Bless
What a beautiful song and video! I think of the adoptive Mom and Dad holding their baby for the first time. The biological mom's decision meant everything to them. This video brings to mind which is harder; having a child and knowing that giving it up will be better or struggling for years to have a child. I wish teenage moms would think about these things before deciding to keep their baby. Infertility affects 10% of couples who desperately want a baby.
I am also a birth mother who had her children away I have dreamed about meeting my babies again one day and my dream finally came true after seventeen year and sixteen years never give up miracles happen my son is now home I found them three days ago and I meet my youngest daughter Sunday thank you god
So sad that this prevails...."she loved you so much that she gave you away"--a *wound* is what she gave you, what my birth mother gave me, when we were given away to be raised by strangers. It doesn't matter how great our adoptive parents may have been, there was a hole left in our hearts. I hope one day you grasp this, for the sake of your adopted child, if not for yourself.
I teared up a little from this video, this is one of those emotional songs. "Holding Nothing Back" by Ryan Stevenson is another song that makes me cry.
I can hardly listen to this without sobbing. My Mama gave my older sister up for adoption before she ever met my dad. We later met my beautiful sister and we are very close to her now, but there was a cost and this song reminds me of that cost. I am so grateful for my sister and her beautiful daughters! Choose life!
This song touches my heart so much, I cry every time I hear it. But then I remember it was for the best and that being adopted is never going to be a bad thing, I am from a closed adoption so my information about my past is disclosed until I'm 18. I have 4 more years to go, and as the years get closer I want to learn more about me, and its harder to do, because i am part of the international adoptions. What I honestly want to say is that, I thank her&God for the mature decision to give me up.
This match life almost perfectly. My birthfather died saving my life when I was a very young girl. My mum remarried and my new dad adopted me. I was lucky because both my fathers gave everything to me. I'm thankful for the things and the lessons I learned from both of them.
this song breaks and heals my heart at the same time. let me explain....i am adopted and was raised in a good Christian home and am and always will be thankful for that. the court records were all sealed in the year i was born so i know nothing. anyway....i lost my mom a year and a half ago so it makes me wonder. i want to know who my biological mom is so that i can know the medical background. i have alot of health issues and there is autism and bipolar in my children plus me as well.
I am almost 30 weeks pregnant and placing my son for adoption. This song gets me through every day knowing that I am doing what is best for him. I just pray that one day when he is old enough, he knows that I placed him for adoption not because I didn't want him, but because I knew it was the best option for him. He will always be my baby. (:
That is wonderful
Hope you are doing well.
No worries… he will. I completely understand where your coming from. Everything will be okay. 💙🙂
I know this was 8 years ago... But I am 28 and I was adopted at 3 days old. I am now a mom to a three year old son. I still talk to my birth mom. I know she loves me, and I know I got a better life. You are amazing.
This comment is 8 years old, and soon your son will be too. I pray that God has blessed these last 8 years with confidence you made the right decision, that his life has been blessed and that you two are one day reunited to embrace as a mother and son should embrace. May God bless you today and forever! Amen!
Today i turn 20. 20 years ago my birth mother gave me to my momma and daddy through adoption. I have recently met my mother through facebook and i love her just as much as I could have imagined. God has been so good to me!
I am a birthmother of a 3 week old sweet, sweet baby girl. The pain I feel is made worthwhile when I see the love and life she is being given. This song helps my heart heal. Thank you, this song means the world. It is on repeat ♡
+Madison Johnson do you miss your birthkid? I have never met my birthmother and i've always felt slightly abandoned since i've given my mom now letters to send to my birthmother and i've never gotten one back, in my 20 years of writing them... I guess i'm just wondering what it's like from the birthmother's perspective..
+Moriah Mount I miss her everyday! There is not a day that goes by where she isn't my first thought. I knew I couldn't be what she needed and provided her with a family that can!! Placing her for adoption was done completely out of love. I'm sure it was the same for your birthmother.
As a birthmom of 2yo twin boys I can say for a fact that I think about them around the clock. Not a day goes by that I don't think about how much I care and love them more than anything thing in the universe. I couldn't go a day without knowing how healthy and happy they are.
You birthmom's who placed your child up for adoption are a huge blessing! You are loved and you are selfless. My profile pic is my son who we adopted. He is amazing and so is his birthmom!
We didn't "give up" we placed in love. There's a HUGE difference
Mark, wondering if you ever decided to search for your birth mother? I was reunited with my BM in 2007. Received the call on my Birthday. When she passed on Aug 2, 2018...
it was on my adopted Mother's birthday. Quite the guide story!
Thxs we get so much hate tho it's sad
As an adoptee, I feel this song speaks what has been on my heart for so long. Praise God for all of those brave birthparents who have made such a difficult & beautiful decision for their children & praise God for all of the adoptive parents giving those children homes & families. I'm so thankful for both sets of parents in my life. I've been so fortunate. I have a wonderful family & I've been able to meet my birthmother on this side of heaven & have thanked her for the decision she made for me.
I kept my son when I was single, at another time and place, at that time, moms, if single were put in unwed mom's homes. There was a lot of emotional manipulation going on. There was no guarentee who would adopt your child, there was no communication, not even from a third party. There was no open adoption. I am blessed, because even though my parents disowned me and my brother and sister distanced themselves from me, God had my back. The churches back then treated me like a pariah as well. They could not see that thier judgemental attitudes were worse than any sin I committed. But God gave me a God fearing husband and we had more children, to this day , my oldest looks more like my husband than the rest of our children do and they are all close. Never be afraid to choose what God has placed on your heart to do, if it is right, He will back you and take care of you.
dianemar marley I will raise my baby
Fazer o certo nunca será errado!
I am an adopted child, and also a birthmother who made the choice for my child. So this song hits very close to home and brings tears to my eyes in so many ways. God has gotten me through any of the pains of either situation, and for that I am so blessed. God bless all the birth parents with hard choices to make, and also all the parents out there who bless God's beautiful children with safe happy homes. I love you Mom and Dad!
As a birth mom of a 5 year old boy in an open adoption, you helped my heart heal. This song is now on repeat. I can't thank you enough for doing this song. You are a wonderful man... I'll always be grateful for knowing this song.
As an Adopted child, a Birth Mom and an Adoptive Parent this song has so much more meaning to me than anyone will ever know! This is the True Meaning of Adoption!
I posted on here two years ago about my twin boys getting adopted... Well they are with their adoptive parents and are super healthy and happy. We have an open adoption and it is great!
That's awesome!
How exactly does open adoption work
@@donnahewes2819 the new family has custody, but i think the birth mother can visit and such at times agreed upon by the adoptive family..my cousin is a birth mother to a child through an open adoption
This video brings me so much comfort that I'm definitely doing the right thing for my daughter
I don't know how long ago this comment was posted, but I want you to know God is taking care of your child and watching over him/her. It's incredibly selfless to give birth and give the child up for adoption. God bless you.
This really hit home for me today. I just made contact with my birth mother after almost 55 years. Thank you! ❤
My son is 14 now. I named him Dakota, they named him Justin. He's amazing. Most impossible thing I ever did, but there was no doubt in my heart that it was the right thing to do. Thank you for this song. Hadn't cried about this in years. I will always love him.
A yr ago i gave birth to a beautiful little girl and a yr ago a couple became a mom and dad. I dont regret my decision and this song explains why.
I feel the same way. It's nice to know there are others like me out there.
We only want the best for our children. It's hard but it's what has to be done sometimes..
Felix Da Kat I’m still against it. I will keep it and raise it
Candy Blair as a foster mother and the mother of a daughter I adopted; we are not put upon this earth to judge. The strength it took for that beautiful woman to give her daughter a life she would not have been able to provide, the courage to carry that child and not abort it knowing she was unable to provide. The reasons behind her decision is not ours to know, but show some respect. I’ve seen what happens when mothers keep children and can’t raise them.
Bless all you angels who give the beautiful dream of parenthood to those unable to conceive. May your journey only bring you back to happiness. 💜
@@ashleycampbell4945 I feel so sad for you. Yor words must come from being hurt. Please listen again to the words of the song. Ask God to cleanse your heart of the bitterness. He will.
I placed my son up 21 yrs ago. He found me and reached out a yr ago❤❤
I played this over and over when I had post partum depression with everything that been going on. Blastin this out loud .
I'm 19 and adopted myself. I'm extremely grateful that my mom gave me up. I'm extremely lucky and it's easy for me to get caught up in the "woes" of college life and forget how truly lucky I am. This song is a good reminder. :)
This song means so much to me. I am so thankful that my children's birth parents chose life for them. After 5 miscarriages my husband and I are the parents of 5 other living children that we've adopted. I will carry their birth parents in my heart forever.
Holy frick, this song hit me so hard. My birth mother gave me to the people I claim as my parents. For years I hated her for letting me go, but when I was 17, I realized she did the best thing for me by giving me away. She couldn’t take care of me, but she knew that what’s best for me was giving me up.
About eight years ago when I lived in Winston-Salem North Carolina Mark Schwartz was in concert in the mall. He shared his testimony in between his performances. He was going to the table to sign on his CDs after the concert ended I ran over there quickly and I looked him in the eyes and Said Mark when is your birthday? I then looked at him and said you're not my son. He then came around the table and gave me a big hug and we shared our tears together. As I'm listening to this song I pray to God and ask him to bring my son to me and I know only in God's time you'll bring them to me .
Adoption is such a beautiful miracle for those who can't have children. God has a plan for all of us. :-) Praise the Lord!
Melissa Bledsoe, there is nothing biblical about the way infant adoption is practiced in America today.
I found your song last week when I was looking for a song about adoption to play at my birth mom's funeral :( I was fortunate enough to find her about 11 years ago and was able to form an incredible relationship. Unfortunately, she had a long battle with cancer and was called home last Sunday. I was on my way driving down to see her, but didn't make it in time. I can only hope that she knows that she gave EVERYTHING TO ME and how much I truly loved her.
What a beautiful song!
I pray for any one out there facing this in their life. May you choose the gift of life and of hope. This is also a gift to the adoptive parents, the chance to love a child that they have longed for and to love and raise as their own.
May God bless you for choosing LIFE!
I'm about to have my twin boys and I found an amazing family that is adopting them. I'm in love with this song. Although I'm crying like a baby.
It'll be okay!! No matter what you choose to do!!
Did you do adoption? I'm just wondering
I am also looking into adoption I found this great couple I am considering
I did choose adoption. It's an open adoption and their parents are amazing.
That's great hope you get to continue to see them
It's up to you. Remember, you are trying to give the child his or her best chance. I have two siblings who are adopted and I love them both so much.
This video made me cry SOO HARD. I can imagine myself in her shoes & how terrible it must be to give up the baby that's lived & grown inside of you.
oh my gooossssh to see you comment here, Lizzie :) I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
I am a dad of 3 gorgeous kids…… I love this songs. It brings tears to my eyes. I thank God for HIS grace, mercy and compassion to me. We have an awesome God!!
I just found this song, I did the same for my son five years ago. It won't be easy, but you will find peace that I promise.
Reminds me about how lucky I am to have my two adopted siblings. Their parents would be so proud of them.
Amen choosing life glory to God in His love God bless
Ummm, Christian music is so awesome! Proud to be a Christian. Bless u Mark.
Songs like this...The obvious truth behind them...No need to ever debate our faith.
I love this song... it reminds me of my mom's best friend. My mom's best friend adopted a baby because the birth mom couldn't handle having another kid. The birthmom already had a 1 year old and she knew she couldn't afford or love the child as much as my mom's best friend. My mom's best friend is very thankful and loves that child very much. She was not capable of having a child and this child is going to be very loved (:
I was adopted 46yrs. ago to a wonderful family. I have always been so grateful to the woman who thought of me first, before herself. Such a selfless act in giving me away. Bless you, wherever you are. You gave me this awesome life and I thank you:)
A beautiful song. God bless the birth mothers who suffer the pain of giving up their children for adoption becoz they know that its for the best. God bless the parents who have adopted and given their adopted children love and a good life and God bless the children who have been adopted. Each one of you are a special flower in God's garden of love.
Thank you for this song. I couldn't explain to you how much I needed to run across this today
This song had me bawling! I listen to it whenever I am having a hard day and not understanding why my birth mom gave me up. I am 15 and it was a closed adoption so I don't really know anything so this song for me gives me a lot of comfort. Also what an amazing voice!
I am a birth mom who had to make that hard decision. Please know that your birth mom made the hardest decision only based on wanting the best for you.
My daughter, whom I was just reunited with after 23 yrs (on May 16th), just dedicated this song to me.
The circumstances were a tad different but, it is a very beautiful song.
Thank you.
I'm so glad you got to listen to it 😄
grace1414 i am glad you posted it to me. xx
Congrats 😍 That's my birthday too
❤MARK... I pray someday, if you haven't already...YOU consider searching for your birth mother. We're about the same age. I also was in 4-H, Storyteller Personality & Adopted...
😊I searched for my birth mother. Quite the God Stories. After 9 years of professional searching, not including my own personal search~ the doors Opened~ With alot that went on in between. It was all in God's Timing & Worth It!❤ I received a call literally on my BIRTHDAY, March 2007. That was also about same time a Christian friend gave me one of Your DVD / CD. Shortly after~ My teen son and I met you, Jefferson WI Concert.
My birth mother already had dementia yet she was so fun and amazing! Believe it or not, she was now living near the Field of Dreams movie site... where my son and I had visited a few years prior in Iowa. ❤On August 2nd 2018, my lovely birthmother gained her Heavenly Wings...literally on my Adoptive Mom's BIRTHDAY. My adopted mother [mom] had passed the year before and chose never to meet my birthmom. 🎉At my birth mom's Celebration of Life...I spoke to all who attended: Two (2) mothers of the Same Daughter UNITED TOGETHER on the SAME DAY❤🎉❤
Thank you Mark for being a start of my Christian walk and finally when I truly got to know Our Lord ❤
Hi, I responded about a month ago. The decision to give a child that you love so much up so that they can have a better life is so difficult, but so worth it. Jason will be 8 next week. I still speak to him every week and he is doing well. the relinquishment will be finished next month and the adoption takes place in Dec. My heart still breaks and I am still torn up inside, but knowing my son is happy and healthy makes all the difference. I thank my higher power for his new family.
I Cried! The 'alternative' is unthinkable!
Thank you to my niece for sending this to me. I was that birth mother back in 1971 and yes...an ocean couldn't hold the tears when it came time to deliver. Letting go was the worst pain ever! But I didn't have to wait till Heavens Gait to meet my Birth Son...He found me at the age of 30 and our Reunion was TREMENDOUS!!! Life has come FULL CIRCLE FOR US:)
Wow!! Very moving impactful song!!!
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Took me hearing it on the radio a few times to realize it's about adoption!! He really hits the nail on the head!! I grew up so thankful to my biological mother for giving me the chance she gave me, and thanking God for my amazing family.
Makes me cry because I have two siblings who were adopted from Guatemala. The birth parents of Maria and the birth parents of Luke would be proud of them today. I love them so much.
I also have a cousin who was adopted from Guatemala. Her name is Juliana.
What a beautiful song!!! Gives me hope that maybe that decision I made 25 years ago was the right one when I chose life and adoption!!!! You are still in my thoughts and prayers daily!!! Not a day goes by that I stop thinking about you Michael!!!
I'm a birth mum, at 13wks I gave my daughter up and I still see her and she has an amazing life and I have so much love for her carer and her, I miss her everyday but I never regret my decision ❤️
Last year on my birthday (46th), I made a phone call that changed my life forever. You see I was calling a number that was emailed to me from a woman who was searching for the son she gave up for adoption. I made the call at 5:16pm. She returned my call at 6:02pm; exactly 46 minutes later. As soon as she answered the phone I recognized her voice; wasn't sure why until we talked. She told me that she used to sing to me every day when I was in the womb. Today a year later we have a wonderful relationship and our love has literally poured out into other aspects of our lives and those we are close to. God does not work in mysterious ways and I believe that with all my heart and soul. The gift He gave us last year is proof that God is working in each of our lives and know one knows adoption better than He. Through His Son Jesus Christ we are all given to God through adoption. My prayer is always for the child who feels abandoned and for the mother who gave a piece of herself to someone else. This is a brave and wonderful thing for a mother to do. I have been and will always be grateful for the choice my mother made that day back in 1967. I love you Mom.
Thank you my dear son for being who you are and who you have grown to be. And thank you for allowing me in your life. My love for you has always been strong through all those years of searching. Giving you life and then giving you up was an event that changed my life completely. I decided not to have any more children; rather have a career and try to help others become successful and find their way. God has been good to me over the years. Then he gave me back his greatest gift to me... you. That minute 6:02pm on your birth day when I called you back was also the moment 46 years prior I had looked up at the clock on the hospital wall, after just giving birth to you a few minutes prior. We have marveled at how God really wanted us to know that this was truly a "miracle" by giving us these "signs". Especially in a time when people don't think there are really miracles like Jesus performed anymore. We know and understand they are performed everyday - you just have look around and be aware and believe in Jesus Christ as your savior. I love you son.
Suzanne Larson Don Jones God bless you both, we truly have a God of wonder and power :)
That's the story of Mark Schultz. Really touching
I am adopted and after meeting my birthmom, I showed her this video and it made her cry. In a good way of course.
My wife and I (with the huge assistance of our older kids) 'Foster' children that come from every situation imaginable. We are going to see Mark perform again this weekend and would love for him to know how his songs have impacted on people. Our local 'Agency' was very impressed with when we made a DVD of pictures of 'Our Kids' with Marks songs sending a very strong message about what we do. God Bless!
Even if I am adopted and that my Birth Mother hated me... I wanted to say thank you for all that you`ve done for me. She doesn`t realise it, but she gave me everything ina way that I cannot possible repay her for.
My heart is broken!!! Next month it will 38 years of grief, a shattered heart, a birth mother who loves her daughter more and more every day!! A piece of my heart was taken with her when she went to her new “parents”! Oh how my heart aches💔😪
I am a birth mom and this song means a lot to me because one day I will meet my son
and yes after 8 yrs it still hurts I miss him dearly
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this song! I am a birth mother of a beatiful 7 year old little boy and I am right at the beginning of the rilinquishment process so that he can be adopted. I have been torn apart for the last couple of months and have felt like I was failing my child. he and I both have several disabilities which makes it difficult for me to parent him on my own. I want him to receive the adequate love and care he deserves, but it is still so hard.
Aww...my long lost neice that my sister gave up for adoption posted this on my sisters page today! They found each other this past year and this song made me cry! Jessica said she has never wanted for a thing and never for one day felt any less then loved! Wow!
He's just a genius. Do I really have to cry with every single song he wrote?! I really don't cry often but everytime I hear some of his song I do...
Hello Mark: Wishing you and your family the best of Holidays and thank you for the time you spent with us in Portland, Oregon for the special event! (I took some photos). Meeting you was life-changing.
Wow, as an adopted kid this puts all the words to what I've felt for so many years that I couldn't find the words for. I was adopted 29 years ago on May 14th. My birth Mom was raped when she was 12 years old. I'm the product of that rape. I could not be more grateful that she chose to give me life and for the life she gave me in giving me up for adoption. This song has me sobbing ♥️
wow, mark schultz is just incredible, amazing songs with amazing lyrics and meaning. God has definately blessed his life.
Mark Schultz actually sat this song down in person for me and sang the song to me and My adoptive mom
Thanks Mark Schultz.I was adopted when i was 3 going on 4.So we have something
in common.That's cool!!
I have been here in the U.S for 10 years today.
I was adopted from Ethiopia Africa.
Your songs inspirational to me and encouraging you I was adopted . I know my real sister and brother. Although we have very little contact with each other. My adoptive parents are very love and my mom made sure I was in church every Sunday. Now that I am 41 and have two kids of me and my husband are now write letters to out old child a military school who wants to one day be in the National Guard love your song Letters From War. Keep writing your music God is speaking through you to me. Thanks. I got to see in concert one time in Lucedale Mississippi
Mark Schultz-the real deal. Walks the walk. Great songwriter and performer.
I'm 22 and adopted, and I've always had a very sour outlook on my birth mother because of my history, and her mistakes, even though it wasn't really fully controllable, but.... she did this for me, I'm the only one, 2 abortions, me, then surgery. I'm one lucky SOAB, and I've wasted so much of what I've been given..... this song is like a pure slap in the face....
i found this song by pure luck. it holds such a great meaning. i was adopted, given up by my birth mother. i know nothing about her or my past life, though i do wish i did. i want to find my parents one day and say the very same words. "you gave everything to me." i love mark schultz for all his songs!
Just what I needed to see. I need God to give me strength. :( Help me to be strong. I don't believe in abortion but I need prayers
+Claire Baire I will pray. I am an adopted kid, grateful for the strength and love that my birth mom gave me a chance, gave me up and gave me a life. God Bless you Claire.
I don't know how everything worked out for you but still praying for you.
Just love Mark sharing his story and how blessed we are that God planned for his Mom to give him up and allow him to have life and how difficult it had to have been for his Mom to give him up!
I am a birthmom and thank you Mark for making this song!!! You do not know how much it means to me..... She will be 14 in 8 days... This is a reassuring song.... THANKS Again...
@SuperSmiles82 Hello you sweet lady. I am a 46yr.old adoptee and I want to thank you for being so thoughtful and giving. May God bless you and surround you with His love always.
Happy Birthmother's Day to all of the bmoms out there :-)
as an adoptive mother, this song means so much to me. I love my childrens' birth mothers with all my heart and then some ... I hope and pray that when my children are older, they will feel the same way towards their birth mother.
@trlt373 that's amazing! I was that birth mother in 1987, and was reunited with my son in 2006. How God has blessed us after all!! :)
Ok wow this song made me cry so badly. It is sooooo sweet. I am sure it will touch alot of people.
I was adopted and this is exactly how I feel. I read things like kids who are adopted struggle with being wanted, but I don't because I believe that my birth mother gave me the best option she could. I don't desire a relationship with my birth mother, but I would love to tell her that she did the right thing, and thank her and tell her that I have an amazing life.
As an adoptive parent - this song is so special because it reminds me that it was the selfless decision made by an unknown mother that made me a mother and my husband a father of an amazing and beloved baby girl that is the love of our lives. Thank you to all the birthmothers that have been faced with the unthinkable decision for your child. God Bless You!!!
Best pro-life video/song I have ever heard! Thank you Mark for this. I am so thankful that my sisters chose to give life to their babies...one was raised by another family but became a fine young man and had a family who loved him. In this day when so many would love to adopt, I wish more women would choose life for their babies.
Gosh you're so brave, I cannot begin to understand what you have been through.I've lost several children (through miscarriage, premature birth etc), hats off to you!
One of the most moving songs and videos concerning adoptions...Very Powerful and Moving!!
With so many married couples waiting for a child to adopt, I hope this beautiful message will inspire some single mothers to consider giving a child to adoption. Especially if life for her and the baby will be hard. Adoptive parents have been carefully checked out and will make good parents for a child that might otherwise have had to struggle through life.
Most poingnant moment for me was his simple smile into the camera at the very end..."Thanks, Mom."
Oh brother why did I have to go scrolling through and find that LOL... One of the best songs of all time for sure.
This made me cry. I was also adopted, and I am so grateful for the parents I have now. :)
My favorite song forever!! Anointed!!❤
One of my all time favorite song. I even shared it with my birthmom whom I met 11 years ago....
Thanks, Mark!
Please remember how you feel right at this moment and carry that with you for the rest of you & your family's life. Remember those feelings if and when things may get hard in your relationship with your son's birth family. A birthmother's love never ends..
I was adopted myself my bio mom was 20 and decided to give me up. I never got to meet her because she died in 2002. Lately I have wanted to find my bio family and have actually gotten information to contact them I just haven't been sure about contacting them. Since seeing this video its pushed me to contact them to tell at least my bio father Thank You. Thank you Mark for this song you are a great song writer. God Bless
What a beautiful song and video! I think of the adoptive Mom and Dad holding their baby for the first time. The biological mom's decision meant everything to them. This video brings to mind which is harder; having a child and knowing that giving it up will be better or struggling for years to have a child. I wish teenage moms would think about these things before deciding to keep their baby. Infertility affects 10% of couples who desperately want a baby.
Darn you Mark Shultz! Hit me right IN THE FEELS!! Beautiful song! TRUTH!
I am also a birth mother who had her children away I have dreamed about meeting my babies again one day and my dream finally came true after seventeen year and sixteen years never give up miracles happen my son is now home I found them three days ago and I meet my youngest daughter Sunday thank you god
Dear brother Mark I love this song thank you for serving the Lord and people!
this song reveals a different perspective of this matter.
Wow, incredible video, I haven't cried like this for a long time...
I only let myself listen to this song on his birthday, instant tears. Happy Birthday from your birth mom. ❤️
So sad that this prevails...."she loved you so much that she gave you away"--a *wound* is what she gave you, what my birth mother gave me, when we were given away to be raised by strangers. It doesn't matter how great our adoptive parents may have been, there was a hole left in our hearts. I hope one day you grasp this, for the sake of your adopted child, if not for yourself.
That's a very powerfull message for all mothers-to-be to hear. I hope this video will encourage them to give their child life.
I teared up a little from this video, this is one of those emotional songs. "Holding Nothing Back" by Ryan Stevenson is another song that makes me cry.
I can hardly listen to this without sobbing. My Mama gave my older sister up for adoption before she ever met my dad. We later met my beautiful sister and we are very close to her now, but there was a cost and this song reminds me of that cost. I am so grateful for my sister and her beautiful daughters!
Choose life!
This song touches my heart so much, I cry every time I hear it. But then I remember it was for the best and that being adopted is never going to be a bad thing, I am from a closed adoption so my information about my past is disclosed until I'm 18. I have 4 more years to go, and as the years get closer I want to learn more about me, and its harder to do, because i am part of the international adoptions. What I honestly want to say is that, I thank her&God for the mature decision to give me up.
This match life almost perfectly. My birthfather died saving my life when I was a very young girl. My mum remarried and my new dad adopted me. I was lucky because both my fathers gave everything to me. I'm thankful for the things and the lessons I learned from both of them.
this song breaks and heals my heart at the same time. let me explain....i am adopted and was raised in a good Christian home and am and always will be thankful for that. the court records were all sealed in the year i was born so i know nothing. anyway....i lost my mom a year and a half ago so it makes me wonder. i want to know who my biological mom is so that i can know the medical background. i have alot of health issues and there is autism and bipolar in my children plus me as well.