Today is National Adoption
Day.
Have you ever considered
adoption?
I think it is a special
calling. God has chosen some people to provide for the biological children of
others.
Right now there are thousands
of children in foster care in the US and millions of orphans worldwide who are
waiting for permanent homes. For many, their fondest wish is to be settled in a
family, perhaps a family just like yours.
This does have its
difficulties. It’s not for everyone. But it could be for you.
Adoption is something to be
celebrated. It is a wonderful way to grow a family.
There is a flip side to
this.
If you find yourself
expecting a baby you do not have the resources or experience to care for or if you have an unplanned
pregnancy and don’t wish to raise a child, remember that placing the baby for
adoption is an option.
There are many couples
waiting and hoping to adopt newborns. Perhaps they already have young children
at home and want to take in only children who are younger still. Maybe they
don’t feel able to cope with the inevitable consequences of trauma generally
present in the lives of older adoptees. Or God may be calling them to adopt a
little one.
Whatever their situation,
they will welcome your child.
Some verses to think on:
“A father to the fatherless, a defender
of widows,
is God
in his holy dwelling.
God sets
the lonely in families”
Psalm 68: 5-7a
He
settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise
the LORD.
Psalm
113:9
Then he [Jesus]
said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and
whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.”
Luke 9:48a
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