Since part of my job with the State of Iowa is to try to "hook up" children with families who will help to meet their needs, I LOVE stories about adoption!
I met a family at Adoption Day this year who has now adopted six wonderful children. Now, honestly, most people would not have said these children were wonderful at first glance. They came with some BIG issues! But to talk to this mom and dad for just a few minutes and you would really believe that these are the most wonderful children in the world.
I have another friend who recently adopted a 16 year old girl, "B." B. has been in more group homes than any law ought to allow and hit her 15th birthday with no family and no where to go. Once you hit your teens your chances of adoption are close to nil. I am so glad that now, when B. graduates next year she will launch out into life knowing that there are people that she can always come home to!
Adoption is not easy...with our birth children at least we know that most of their "issues" are issues we have helped them develop! LOL With adoption, especially adoptions out of the foster care system, you take into your home and heart not only a child but their past, good and bad, and show them the love only a parent can give.
My favorite adoption story of all is that when Jesus saw me with all my behavioral management issues (ie, sin), and my family of origin issues (ie, original and generational sin), He still stood before the Judge and said, loudly and proudly for all to hear, "I want Ruthie to be my daughter and be part of my forever family." To top it all off, He has never treated me as anything less than a natural born child! Not too shabby for somebody with all my "issues."
Friday, December 19, 2008
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