This is one question I get a lot. I have two kids of my own, so why are we adopting? Well, it's quite simple, really. As sinners who have been redeemed, we have been adopted into God's family. This is our way of caring for the least of these.
" Religion that God our Father accepts as
pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their
distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27
"For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ,
in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious
grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves." Ephesians 1:4-6
I have always wanted to adopt, but at first Cory was not into the idea. We talked about it on and off for several years, and about two years ago, I started thinking about it again. It seemed like everywhere I went, there it was. There were commercials, and billboards, and adoption stories, and just everywhere I went, there was something about adoption there.
I had been hearing a lot about the Summit church, and it was literally right down the road from our house, so one week I got it in my head, and I told Cory, "We have to go visit it, and it needs to be this weekend." Well, guess what, the sermon was on adoption. I started praying about it because I knew that if it was the right thing for us to do, which I felt in my heart that it was, that God was going to have to convince Cory, because I sure couldn't. After church he said we would talk about it. We did talk, for several weeks. I remember the night he told me that he knew in his heart it was what God was calling us to do. I cried, I was so happy!
We started the process about a year and a half ago, and we've been on the waiting list since October 2012. We are doing domestic adoption, and the agency that we're using is primarily for newborns. I can't wait to get our precious baby, and I thank God for his plan for us! We still have some fears and questions, but He has taken away all our doubt, and we are willing to take this leap of faith and trust that He will provide for us, and He will open these doors for us. We know that there is a child out there for us and we are so excited to be on this journey.
