Monday January 16 2012
The Joy of Adoption:
Ephesians
1:4,5. “Before we were even born, or before He made the world, God loved
us and chose us in Christ to be holy and
without fault in His eyes. His
unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us
to Himself through Jesus Christ. And
this gave Him great pleasure.”
In 1970 my husband and I
adopted our youngest daughter, our baby. We actually “chose” her to be our
daughter. We cared for babies of unwed
mothers in our home until Social Services could place them into adoptive
homes.
This special little girl was
in our home for eighteen months before she was eligible for adoption. After
this length of time we had grown to love her so much, we could not bear the
thought of letting her go. Instead of allowing social services to place her
with another family, we applied to legally
adopt her. It was a very
exciting day when she actually became “ours”. Our daughter is very special to
us and has given us blessings our other four children could not. She has brought another dimension into our
family because her genetic makeup is
different from her siblings. She has
also grown to be a beautiful bright and
confident young woman and she holds a
very special place in our hearts.
I liken this to my adoption
into the Kingdom of God
He also gave me a choice and for many years I
chose not to enter into the blessings He wanted me to enjoy. During those years
of rejection, my life was empty of the deep peace and joy and love that comes
from a relationship with the Heavenly Father.
When I returned to my rightful heritage, as a child of God, I knew I was
in the right place. Through Jesus
Christ, I was welcomed into His family with open arms. He is my Father just as my husband is our
daughter’s father. She also had a choice
when she came of age to reject us or to embrace us because she always knew the
truth about her adoption. I am so glad
she also made the choice to continue to be an important part of our family.
When we adopted our daughter,
we weren’t required to sacrifice anything in order for her to be legally
ours. Her birth mother had done all the
hard work and we only enjoyed the benefits and blessings of her “labor”. The
same holds true in the family of God. God allowed his Son to give up His own
life so you and I can be accepted into the wonderful family of God. Jesus purchased our freedom through His
blood. That is how very much God loves
us and wants us to accept Him. I can’t
imagine giving up any of my children for others to enjoy the benefits but our
daughter’s biological Mother actually gave up her little girl so we could love and enjoy
her. I will be eternally grateful to her
for her sacrifice just as I am to our glorious Father in heaven who has adopted
me into His family so I can reap the wondrous blessings which He gives to me
daily.
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