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Thursday, January 2, 2014

A prayer for adoption in 2014



 I don't really WANT to blog.  I would rather just stay silent.  I don't really want the entire internet to know my heart, my story, what is going on in my life.  That makes me too vulnerable.  But God.....he wraps me in his arms and says it is ok to be vulnerable, he will protect me, and I feel the need to FIGHT for adoption and what it is these days.  And to be in constant prayer over it.  My heart for adoption in 2014:

Adoption is not a thing


Adoption is not a fad


Adoption is not a choice we make because we want a colored baby


Adoption is not closing our eyes to corruption because we feel like we need to rescue a child


Adoption is God's heart


Adoption is opening our eyes to the reality of how we can best be of help to the children and sometimes that means that ADOPTION is NOT the best option for children


Adoption is just a word, a word that is overused, that has become wordly and negative


Adoption is God's heart because adoption is caring for the least of these, the widow, the  fatherless, the poor


Adoption is about really truly listening to God, hearing his heart through prayer and scripture


Adoption is praying for wisdom in how to care for the children without parents, who have special needs, who are older, who are siblings and are many, who NEED a family


Adoption is asking God what we are supposed to do for these children, what is the best option, do we sponsor them, do we bring them into our family, do we help others bring them into their family


Adoption is begging God for wisdom and a piece of his heart to know the HONEST and TRUE answers about caring for the poor, the widow, the orphan


Adoption is an action that covers so much more than just bringing a child into your family, it is also caring for the widow, the poor, it is giving grace to the cultural stigmas that won't allow families to keep their children


Adoption IS living the gospel out loud


Adoption has become romanticized, wildly popular and has a BAD name these days


That is NOT God's heart


His word clearly states to care for the least of these


It is the WORLD that has corrupted GOD's way


We need to have open eyes and hearts as we work to care for the poor, the widow, the orphan


Let us not enter into corruption but research and pray for wisdom


Let us not say we are NOT going to adopt because of the things adoption has become


Let us study the scriptures and pray and pray and pray that he would show us CLEARLY his heart for the orphan, for these children


Let's not give up because that is what SATAN wants


It needs to be ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN


We are called to make it that way


With peace, joy, love, grace, kindness, wisdom, and a fighting heart


A heart that fights to bring God's kingdom to EARTH


ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN


That is my prayer for 2014

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