What God has already done!

Each day I look at Kathleen's picture, and pray for God's protection of her mind, spirit, and body.  The adoption process is being restructured in the country she lives, and will close for approximately 3 months beginning on her birthday, July 11.  I'm trying to keep a positive attitude, and think of how this restructuring might benefit future adopting families and orphans in her country.  During this wait to adopt Kathleen, God is clearly calling me to something else.  My husband and I are partnering with other families to begin an orphan/adoption ministry within our church.

One of the clear visions we share, as it pertains to this ministry, is to promote awareness.  Raising awareness doesn't begin by pulling at heart strings, presenting orphan statistics, etc..  It begins with realizing what God has already done, and how this relates to adoption as a whole.  God sent Jesus into the world so that we might receive the adoption and full rights as sons (Galatians 4:4-7).  This has to be the basis we draw from when we, as Christians, promote awareness about adoption.  The perfect example of adoption begins with God the Father, who adopts us, and God the Son (Jesus), who paid for our adoption.  What better model to follow. 

God has instilled a passion within me (and Corey) to adopt precious Kathleen into our family.  If you, my christian brother or sister, don't have this same passion towards orphans, pray to God that He will give it to you as well.  We're not all called to adopt, but we're called to do SOMETHING.  Imagine what the orphan crisis might look like if we, the church, took an active role.