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Adoption represents the gospel because chosen suffering is necessary for it to happen.

7/4/2017

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Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

"The word affliction jumps out at me. It pops up from the page and grabs me by the throat, because I see it in my son. When a child loses his family due to the immense brokenness of the world, that child will be afflicted. He will inherit an enormous, shattering amount of pain. And that affliction–that pain–will not be contained to him. It will go somewhere. It will be passed along to others in one way or another. Why? Because it has to.
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We are finding the special joy that comes from sharing in the sufferings of Christ, in sacrificing for the good of another. Adoption represents the gospel because chosen suffering is necessary for it to happen. And chosen suffering is exactly the road Jesus walked for us. He willingly got up on that cross and bore every ounce of our affliction.

The gospel is not a painless story. Walking through this process has allowed us to see that more clearly than ever."

--LifeSongsForOrphans
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    Mom and Dad to 12 precious children who we treasure.  Some joined our family by birth and some by adoption, but we love them all the same.  Life is busy and full of noise, but we are so thankful for the opportunity to spend time with our children each day & get to know their hearts more and more.  We are blessed immensely by God!

    This blog is a resource for families who are interested in adoption or have already adopted. While adoption is a beautiful thing, it many times comes with challenges to work through. Prayer and education is the key to survival and success.  

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