What a Week!

Make your voice heard for life!

Well, it's Tuesday morning, and this is my first day back in the office after a few exciting days of welcoming new life into the world! We have had two births since last Thursday, and both babies are being released into adoptive homes. I never cease to be amazed at the uncommon courage and selfless love birthparents display as they make the sacrificial decision to release their children into adoptive families.

While both single parenting and adoption require courage in the face of adversity, the selflessness of birthparents who recognize that their situation is not one that is best for the child and then follow through by releasing the child into an adoptive family is a thing of beauty to observe.

Birthparents who make adoption plans for their children take the emotional and physical pain up front for the good of their children. Watching this process reminds me of Christ, who voluntarily placed Himself on the Cross on our behalf (taking the physical and emotional pain for us) so we could have a restored relationship with God.

When Jesus was crucified, the situation looked hopeless to those who were watching (Mark 15) but then VICTORY came through His resurrection. Through the voluntary "crisis" on the Cross, we were given the opportunity to be adopted into God's family. What a tremendous blessing! (Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5)

I have watched as God uses the process of adoption in a birthparent's life to transform a seemingly devastating situation into an opportunity for joy. One person's crisis provides hope and an anwer to prayer for another. In both cases, spiritual adoption and physical adoption, we see sacrificial love and uncommon courage. In both cases the endings are phenomenal!