ADVENTure Day 17 –

Before Filly came along, her mom and I had considered adoption.  It was a difficult and sometimes heartbreaking process.  We did become foster parents and had the privilege of taking care of several children temporarily.  We were told that one young child we fostered would most likely come up for adoption, we got our hopes up.  Then our hopes were dashed when that child’s mom got out of jail and began the process to get her child back.  It broke our hearts to get him back from visitation filthy and hungry.  Still, he was eventually returned full-time to his mom.

There are far more parents wanting to adopt than there are children waiting in this country.  Still, some children have a hard time being placed because of their special needs.  There is however, one Father willing to adopt everyone. 

Galatians 4:4-7 (NLT) – “But when the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.  God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that He could adopt us as His very own children.  And because we are His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out ‘Abba, Father.’  Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child.  And since you are His child God has made you His heir.”

Think about this, God calls you “His very own children.”  We belong to a family!  We are not alone.  We also have all the rights and privileges that bearing that family name gives us.  The next time someone (including yourself) tries to bring you down, saying you’re not worthy, remember that you have been adopted by a Father who is the King of Kings and who went out of His way to adopt you!  He places very great value on you!  Let’s walk in that freedom as we live our lives as adopted children of the King.