The Bigger Picture

(Christen)There’s a bigger picture to all this adoption stuff. God has intricately placed people in our life that have shown us what it means to live out the biblical mandate to care for the orphaned. These people are passionate about orphan care, not because it’s in style, or edgy, or unique, but because it matters to God. Once we saw what a theme it was throughout the entire Bible, adoption became impossible to get off our minds. The point of us sharing our experience is not to miss the point. Our adoption of Manny is not about us trying to be cool, good humanitarians (as some people have called us) - it’s about sharing (in some way) the same love that God gives to us.

We were talking with Manny about what it means to be adopted the other night. We also discussed how God adopts believers into his own family. He really liked hearing how believers are adopted by God, which allows us relate to him as ‘Father’. He said, “I’m going to pray to Daddy”. This really amazed him. I think it is easy to lose this childlike amazement, at something that is just that- Amazing. God’s decision to adopt us shows that He not only wants to save us from our sins, but He also wants a personal relationship with us. We don’t deserve that. We deserve Hell- yet he wants to make us sons and daughters! If you are a believer, stand in awe at the love of your FATHER. If you’re not, wouldn’t you like to have this unconditional love and redemption?