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My response on adoption

If you're in the USA, you've probably run into the "interesting" comments that Pat Robertson made on behalf of Christians on TV. Honestly, I've never seen the 700 Club, so I don't know a thing about it. But, I do know that lots of people watch it and might interpret his comments as something that resonates with Christ. The snapshot that I have of his comments on adoption do NOT resonate with Christ. His comment particularly struck me: "You don't have to take on somebody else's problems."

Reality is that as Christians we ARE to take on other people's problems because we are nothing but wretched sinners ourselves! We should be willing to make sacrifices for others, as our Savior made the ultimate sacrifice for us. We are not above God and exempt from giving of ourselves.

Will my life be more complicated because I have adopted? Maybe. Will my life be more complicated because I have biologically-related-to-me kids? Maybe. Will my life be more complicated because I'm me? oh yeah! ;-P But I'm called to give of every part of myself to bring others into a deeper understanding of God's glory and grace.

What is God's call on your life? Maybe not to adoption - but it IS to give of yourself. It IS to do the difficult thing sometimes. It IS to look beyond yourself and glimpse the world through our Savior's eyes.

Two articles that I read about this:
Bound4Life (disclaimer: I don't know this blog well.)

Moore to the Point (Russell Moore has written some of the best books and resources on adoption from the Christian perspective - if you haven't, look him up!)
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