Comments on: Dan Cruver on being adopted and adopting http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/183 the blog of carolina hope christian adoption agency Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dorothy Bode http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/183#comment-1368 Dorothy Bode Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:17:03 +0000 http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/183#comment-1368 Thanks Josh for posting this summary! It inspired me to plant myself in a chair and listen to the 'rest' of the sermon. Until you reviewed it I had listened to the first 10 minutes, four seperate times. But that's just reality with so many blessings scooting around under my feet. I am so glad that I made time to hear the rest. Problem is, I'm already addicted to the joy God brings through adoption and now I just don't want to stop. Good thing I don't have to ask how many is enough - God is deciding that one and His plans are perfect! Thanks Josh for posting this summary! It inspired me to plant myself in a chair and listen to the ‘rest’ of the sermon. Until you reviewed it I had listened to the first 10 minutes, four seperate times. But that’s just reality with so many blessings scooting around under my feet. I am so glad that I made time to hear the rest. Problem is, I’m already addicted to the joy God brings through adoption and now I just don’t want to stop. Good thing I don’t have to ask how many is enough - God is deciding that one and His plans are perfect!

]]> By: connie @ ChosenChild http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/183#comment-1352 connie @ ChosenChild Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:33:19 +0000 http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/183#comment-1352 Josh, VERY nicely done! I listened to the sermon earlier this week and have been working on a blog post pointing my readers (all two dozen of 'em!! Ha!) to Dan's sermon. But YOU have done such an excellent job that I'm just going to point them to YOUR post! BTW, as an adoptive mother of two I whole-heartedly and loudly agree with the points Dan made on the mindset of taking on a 'project'! Oh, what a huge mistake that is! Yes, there should be goals and plans made, but those must be guided by the gospel not by our culture and how the world views adoption. The "relationship" is KEY to adoption, especially when adopting older kids who have the history and ability to understand what poor/weak relationships look like. If I/we take our children on as 'projects', then we end up being nothing more than caregivers like the people who come and go in the orphanages. By contrast, the relationship we as Christian parents must establish is to mirror the relationship of our heavenly Father--it is lasting and it is complete! No longer strangers (often from a strange land), but total and complete family members! Sorry, I'm not a woman of "few words" when it comes to adoption! Thanks for this clear and excellent post! Josh, VERY nicely done! I listened to the sermon earlier this week and have been working on a blog post pointing my readers (all two dozen of ‘em!! Ha!) to Dan’s sermon. But YOU have done such an excellent job that I’m just going to point them to YOUR post!

BTW, as an adoptive mother of two I whole-heartedly and loudly agree with the points Dan made on the mindset of taking on a ‘project’! Oh, what a huge mistake that is! Yes, there should be goals and plans made, but those must be guided by the gospel not by our culture and how the world views adoption.

The “relationship” is KEY to adoption, especially when adopting older kids who have the history and ability to understand what poor/weak relationships look like. If I/we take our children on as ‘projects’, then we end up being nothing more than caregivers like the people who come and go in the orphanages. By contrast, the relationship we as Christian parents must establish is to mirror the relationship of our heavenly Father–it is lasting and it is complete! No longer strangers (often from a strange land), but total and complete family members!

Sorry, I’m not a woman of “few words” when it comes to adoption! Thanks for this clear and excellent post!

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