Wednesday, January 29, 2014

An Open Adoption

Adoption is not about us.
Yes, its true that we get children out of it.
Its true that adoption blesses our socks off.
Adoption so much bigger than our desire to parent orphans.
 
Adoption is about God!
It is God designed and God driven.
It would not be possible without God.
 
When we were presented with the option of having an open adoption,
we said yes.
Sure in our small little minds, adoption seems easier when it is closed.
It seems easier when the child only has one mother and one father.
It seems easier to not have to work on multiple complicated relationships at one time.
 
We have faith that God can turn this awkward, strange situation into something more beautiful than we can ever imagine.
He can not only use us to show our baby Jesus but also to show our babies biological parents Jesus.
He makes beautiful things out of dust!
 
The reason we are on this earth is to tell people about Jesus and His saving grace.
An open adoption means that "K" and "W" will spend a good amount of time with us every year.
This allows a lot of time for them to see Jesus in us.
Having an open adoption will also grow and bless us.
We will be choosing to love people with the love of Christ.
 
These are two people who are choosing to give their baby a great life.
They are choosing to put their feelings aside and do what is right for their child.
No matter what they have done or ever will do, their sacrifice makes them worth respecting.
The fact that they are made in the image of God makes them worth loving.
Having a relationship with our child's birth parents is not going to be a burden.
It will be a blessing.


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