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
