Lessons From Adoption

Last weekend across three states, 600 Christians gathered at three fundraisers to raise money for adoptions into 5 homes.

Really… how many things can actually be “for the babies”? Well, we found a new LOW or maybe a new HIGH Saturday November 5th in Dallas, Texas.

After my run we went down to lunch. As I sat down, I saw a lady in MY sweatshirt! I was in disbelief. Had I left my sweatshirt somewhere? Did she get into my room and TAKE IT? Surely not. But this is a very specific sweatshirt.

I first heard of Sacred Selections at church when a couple adopted a child. Shortly after, someone explained how the Sacred Selections process worked. I knew from that moment, I would find a way to support SS in any way I could.

But the sound that kept ringing in their ears and the look that haunted their hearts was the moment when Vlad looked at them inquisitively and said in broken English and heavy Slavic accent, “Why not you adopt me?”

A deeper reflection makes us think, “Why would they make this request? What hope does it reveal in their thinking for the child in mind?”

She didn’t know how dark it would be inside, how long it would take to get to the bottom, how many turns it had, or how the ending would be. But she took a leap of faith, and she went.

This Sunday morning the great Physician had exactly the right prescription and it came in the form of this handsome young boy, Maverick.

We need to understand that our work in helping place children into Christian homes is just a part of our work. At times, we have heard that all we care about is the babies. This just isn’t the case. In fact, it’s so much more than the babies.