So many people have asked us why we would adopt. This question comes in many forms...why when you can have children "of your own" (please don't make me break down why I think this is such an ignorant statment!), why when you already have two, why Ethiopia (meaning both international and a child of another race), why when it's so expensive. Why we "suddenly" have a heart for the orphan.
We've thought long and hard about those questions. Here is a list of some of our answers.
Because we believe that this life is not our own. It is God's, and we must use it for the betterment of His kingdom.
Because we believe that in the end, it won't matter what careers we had, or what gadgets we could afford, it will matter what lives were saved.
Because we believe that each child is a child of God.
Because we see nothing more worthy of our focus, time, resources, and lives.
Because injustice is a wrong worth righting.
Because a poor and homeless child is still a child.
Because we know that, while adoption is not a solution in itself to the orphan crisis of 147 million, we believe that 147 million minus one or two is a better number.
Because we believe that Jesus died for redmeption, not just for eternity, but for our lives on this planet, and we believe that we can be vessles of that redemption to children's lives here.
Because we know, that if it were our own flesh and blood we would want someone to love them and call them family as well.
Because when we hear God's calling and direction for our lives as plainly as we heard Him say this to us, we can not say no.
Because really, these children are no different from your own. Not at all.
Because it's just not okay with us to say no to a child who needs a home, when we have one.
Because it's just not okay with us to say no to a child who needs a family when we have one.
Because it's just not okay with us to say no to a child who needs room to thrive when we have room and can make room.
Because it's just not okay with us to do nothing.
Because it's not going to be okay for them if we do nothing.
Because it's just not okay to do nothing.
*Some of these wordings have come from others, but all in all this is exactly why we have chosen to adopt. This is why we will continue to stay involved in solving the world's orphan crisis long after our own children come home forever.
2 comments:
I could never imagine asking someone this question. Instead, I would think to ask someone, "Why is it that you aren't interested in adoption?".
Maybe that means I have a heart for orphans, too.
Beautiful, I am so touched by your actions and your words. May God continue to bless you as you reach out to bless others and give you patients in dealing with such ignorance. Just wondering if you have seen The Blindside yet. I think you would really relate.
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