We’re adopted
November 17, 2011 | Faith: Knowing Christ, Family: Nurturing Family
Luke is 5 months old. For those of you who aren’t familiar with his story, we found out a few days before Luke’s birth that he would join our family. He was placed in Melissa and Josh’s arms a couple of days after his birth, and for that we’ll always be grateful.
He’s a funny little guy. Okay, scratch the little part. He’s a hoss. At 5 months, he’s the size of most 10 month olds. He also has a huge personality. He loves nothing more than being surprised and his laugh delights us. Last week I had Luke overnight and when his mom and dad came to pick him up, he snuggled into his mama’s arms and then gave her several sweet open mouth baby kisses.
When I think of Luke, I think of the verse in scripture that speaks of adoption. How we have become sons and daughters of God by Christ’s selfless act on the cross.
When Luke became a member of our family, he received everything we have to give. Our love, and lots of it. Our material goods. An extended family who couldn’t imagine life without him in it.
I can’t imagine loving a little boy more, but if I love Luke this much, how much does this say about God’s love? He chose you and me to be His, to give us His name. To give us all that He has to offer — but in a God-sized measure.
We are adopted. Loved. Chosen.
As we go into the holidays it can be a time of sadness for some. Maybe a person has let you down. Or holidays bring up bad memories. Or you feel anxious or tense as you juggle a thousand things. But as we approach Thanksgiving, perhaps none of those things should take center stage, and instead, we can step back and reassess what it means to offer thanks.
Today I choose to thank Him for being His girl. For being loved. For being chosen. What about you? Will you take each day between now and Thanksgiving Day and refocus to praise God for who He is, and what that means to you?
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.
4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.
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I was adopted when I was 3 weeks old. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a happy teenage life and due to circumstances, I decided to part ways with the mother who raised me. This is 17 years ago, when I was 16 and just have became a mother. I have recently been reunited with my birth family two years ago.But there is an ocean between us and we haven’t spent a Christmas together yet. To make things worse, my husband and I got married in September. After our Christian wedding, his unbelieving father gave his speech, saying that this wasn’t a wedding, but a funeral, because his son was now dead.
November 17th, 2011 at 11:56 amSo, I’m not looking forward to Christmas, I was even letting myself get depressed about it, but this week it just hit me. It’s not about me, it’s not about those who hurt me. It’s about Jesus, our savior who was born.
Even though I had a many obstacles in my life and pain. Even thought I was without parents, I wasn’t without a Father. Go is our father and I will not let anyone come between us and I will be very joyous this coming Christmas.Jesus is the gift,that’s all what matters.
Hi Miriam, I sent you a private email, but I love what you had to say. What a shift in perspective! What faith! What courage and truth.
November 17th, 2011 at 12:09 pm