adoption has always been close to my heart.
no, my parents did not adopt me or anything, however, adoption has been close to my heart for two reasons:
one, how can we not be concerned about adoption in a world where so many children are in need of homes and parents and love?
two, how can we not be conerned about adoption when, in Christ, God has clearly claimed to adopt us as His children and treat us as His own, though we did not ask for or deserve this.
clearly i am not planning on having children any time soon. however, i always get stuck on the common question that arises, "why would we want to bring more children into the world when there are already so many in need of homes?" and why indeed? if i ever have a stable home, which is a gift from God, should i not share in the gift He has given me and provide it to the homeless children?
and which of us will love enough to bring hard kids into our homes for foster care,
and which of us will love enough to adopt, even though it is such a sacrifice,
and which of us will have the pure and undefiled religion that James speaks of?
if we claim to follow Christ, then as a community we should be adopting. and not only should we be adopting, we should be involved in the issues that cause orphans to be without homes in the first place.
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I recently read an article about a book written by a guy who proposed that we all quit having babies fullstop, because we are destroying the planet. And if we stopped having babies, the planet would heal itself. But we have a limited time. And I imagined a lot of angry Americans and Western Europeans. Worried that the rest of the world would not listen and keep having babies, while we all died out. And I thought of what a silly thought that was. I am no better - and certainly often worse - than the average baby in the Middle East. Who cares about preserving our culture? To believe we should gives us a pretty disgusting arrogance.
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