http://www.togetherforadoption.org/?p=3814 Our Adoption in Christ: What it Means for Us and for Orphans Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:35:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.togetherforadoption.org/?p=3814&cpage=1#comment-3935 Lana Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:56:27 +0000 http://www.togetherforadoption.org/?p=3814#comment-3935 Ever since I was a very little girl I have felt I was meant to have a large family of adopted children from around the world. I felt it in the same way that other women have that general feeling that they are meant to be mothers. When I became a Christian 11 1/2 years ago I thought that the Church would be the perfect place to find the kind of man who would share my passion. Then, one day, a (male) friend of mine told me, almost apologetically, that althought there were many Christian guys who would be okay adopting, that maybe I should be a little less forthcoming about my passion to adopt children of different ethnicities. He told me that all guys, Christian or not, wanted to have children that were there own, and that even the ones who were "okay" with adopting, wouldn't necessarily want children from multiple ethnicties that were so obviously "not their own". I was heartbroken to think that this could be true, especially of men who were stiving to live like the Lord. All this time later, I am not any closer to finding that man with a heart for ALL of the Lord's children, but I am holding out for him. And knowing that there are organizations like this out there, and that there are so many Godly men who have already embarked on the adventure of bringing children from around the world into their families gives me the strength to keep holding out and trusting inGod to provide him when the time is right. Thank you for opening the eyes of people who might not have understood that loving the world tuly means loving ALL of the peoples of the world, regardless of race, ethnicity or where in God's beautiful world they came from. Ever since I was a very little girl I have felt I was meant to have a large family of adopted children from around the world. I felt it in the same way that other women have that general feeling that they are meant to be mothers. When I became a Christian 11 1/2 years ago I thought that the Church would be the perfect place to find the kind of man who would share my passion. Then, one day, a (male) friend of mine told me, almost apologetically, that althought there were many Christian guys who would be okay adopting, that maybe I should be a little less forthcoming about my passion to adopt children of different ethnicities. He told me that all guys, Christian or not, wanted to have children that were there own, and that even the ones who were “okay” with adopting, wouldn’t necessarily want children from multiple ethnicties that were so obviously “not their own”. I was heartbroken to think that this could be true, especially of men who were stiving to live like the Lord. All this time later, I am not any closer to finding that man with a heart for ALL of the Lord’s children, but I am holding out for him. And knowing that there are organizations like this out there, and that there are so many Godly men who have already embarked on the adventure of bringing children from around the world into their families gives me the strength to keep holding out and trusting inGod to provide him when the time is right. Thank you for opening the eyes of people who might not have understood that loving the world tuly means loving ALL of the peoples of the world, regardless of race, ethnicity or where in God’s beautiful world they came from.

]]> http://www.togetherforadoption.org/?p=3814&cpage=1#comment-3928 Bill Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:54:25 +0000 http://www.togetherforadoption.org/?p=3814#comment-3928 Very well said. Very well said.

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