God's Will Through Adoption
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God's Will Through Adoption

Being an example of God through adopting.

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God's Will Through Adoption
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When the Lord reached down and saved my soul, He put something inside of me that did not make itself evident for some time. It took me three years to discover the calling on my life for the younger generation. Although the calling caused me to change my major in college and ultimately my career, that within itself just wasn’t enough. You see, God allowed it to take over many, many aspects of my life. In the past few months, God has put a burden on my heart for the orphans, and sometimes my heart gets so heavy that I feel that it is going to burst. I know that adoption comes with its challenges, but giving a child the life he or she deserves is worth whatever struggles and hardships may come my way.

God calls us to love; the Bible clearly tells us that God is love in 1 John 4:8. When I read this scripture, I think about the children who were separated from their biological parents for whatever reason. Don’t they deserve to be loved, too? Not to mention, if I have God in my heart, shouldn’t I have enough love to go around for them as well? For me, both answers are yes. I believe that I can bring glory to God by living by those words and choosing to love and provide for kids who are not biologically mine.

So many times, in this modern-day world, people adopt for all the wrong reasons. They want to look good in the public eye, or bring glory to themselves. That is why I pray that when people look at me they see that I am doing the will of God. It is because of Him and His calling on my life that I plan to open up my heart and home to the fatherless. I don’t want any fame or any recognition for doing what God has asked me to do. I believe that God’s greatest works come through willing, humble vessels; for those are the ones who want to be an example of who He is. Adopting is just one of the ways that I feel like I can be an example of our Lord.

Now, I know that adoption is not for everyone, but I believe that God calls many others to adopt. These are just a few reasons that have helped me realize that I am certainly willing to open my home to children who do not have my DNA, but will have my heart. Even though I do not know what my future may hold, I have a feeling that adopting will have its place in my life. I absolutely cannot wait until I get that chance to create a life for a child that they would not necessarily have had, if it had not been for God intervening. Every child deserves to feel wanted, loved and adored, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that the children God blesses me with, biological or adopted, feel nothing less.

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