And the lessons begin

I didn’t think I would relate much to the feeling of an adopted child but the more I dwell on it, the more I realize that I do.  As Christians, we were once orphans too.  The bible says that through salvation, God rescued us and we have been adopted into His family!  I thought about all of the correlations between our spiritual adoption and earthly adoptions. God takes us in whatever condition we are in (poor, dirty, sick, lonely) and cleans us up, provides our needs, and gives us a hope and a future.  The most exciting thing to me about my one-day baby is to know that I am taking her out of a hopeless situation and giving her a family, a warm, safe home, food and clothes, and opportunities that would never be possible if she were to remain in her situation as an orphan.  Isn’t that what God wants for us?  Over and over the similarities are drawn between earthly families and our spiritual family.  God wants nothing more than to take us out of despair and hopelessness and give us an abundant life.  

Several people have already asked me about the financial and physical hardships that will come with being a single mom.  While I know that even with all of my planning, praying, and research, I still have no clue what it will actually be like, I also know that I have the opportunity to take a baby girl who has no one and be a mom who will give her the best life I can and love her more than I can even imagine now!  She will have so many people who love her, and while I can’t promise that she will live an extravagant life, I can promise that I will meet her needs and give her all I can to make her life happy.  When I step back and look at that statement I realize that is what God wants for me.  He hasn’t promised that I will live extravagantly, but he has promised to meet all my needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus, to be with me always and never abandon me, and to fill me with joy and give me a life of abundance and fullness.  

Thank you, God, for these promises and for revealing more of yourself to me through a baby girl who I don’t even know yet.