Comments on: Christian Faith and Christian Adoption

By: Soni

Soni — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:23:34 +0000

A co-worker once commented to the group that her sister-in-law had adopted a child and that their bond could never be as strong as hers and her biological child’s. Because after all, she carried her child for nine months and had already established a bond before she was ever born. I thought, what a cold, callus and insensitive thing for her to say. I had no idea what was coming in my future. After marriage and years of trying to conceive, I found out that I was considered infertile. I was devastated. No one in my family had ever been diagnosed “infertile”. And I yearned to have a child of my own. My husband and I finally decided to adopt. When our dreams came true and we were blessed with a beautiful child of our own, we thanked God for our blessing. Just as Hanah said, this was the child we prayed for. Our prayer was answered. It was only then that I read the scripture in Romans about us being “adopted” by God. I love my child and she loves me whole heartedly. There could be no closer bond. She knows she’s adopted and loves her family. We know God adopted us and thank Him for making us His children. I pray one day my ex co-worker realizes she too must be adopted in order to become a member of God’s family. She certainly doesn’t want to remain a part of her “natural” family considering we were all born in sin.
Soni

By: from hope to reality » Blog Archive » key posts on theological adoption | the adoption blog of carolina hope christian adoption agency

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:21:06 +0000

[...] are several of our key posts that have addressed adoption theologically: Christian Faith and Christian Adoption Adoption: No Better Way to Understand Christianity The Life of Adoption “This is my Beloved [...]

By: Christian Adoption-- eucatastrophe

Christian Adoption-- eucatastrophe — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:35:47 +0000

[...] posted at from hope to reality, the blog of Carolina [...]

By: Carolina Hope Adoption Agency at PastorBlog

Carolina Hope Adoption Agency at PastorBlog — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:34:17 +0000

[...] Christian Faith and Christian Adoption It has been my experience that many people do not really begin thinking about adoption theologically until they themselves are involved in adopting (or at least considering adopting) a child. Very often, the consideration to adopt a child precedes the consideration of the truth that God has graciously adopted us to be His children. [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:27:42 +0000

Thanks, Jason, for visiting our blog. I can’t tell you how excited I am to look at adoption and orphan ministry through the lens of the gospel. It will be exciting to see what God does here.

It was good to hear from you again. Also, thank you for putting the word out about our adoption blog on your blog!

By: jasonkovacs

jasonkovacs — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:16:32 +0000

Amen! I have found this to be true in my own experience. I couldn’t have said it better.

I am very excited about what God is doing, your heart, the goal of Carolina’s Hope, and what this means for the Gospel, the glory of God, and the sake of the orphans worldwide!