Adoption

It has been such an incredible blessing to watch the Lord's provision in helping some of our dear friends bring home orphaned children.

Our friends, the Philpots, explained their decision to adopt so well, and I wanted to share a short excerpt from one of their first blog posts.

"We’ve been especially encouraged by some of the theological implications of adoption. You see, both of us were adopted. We weren’t orphans, at least not in the way most people think of that word. But, as C.J. Mahaney says, we were in a condition far more serious: we were strangers to the family of God, slaves to sin, and objects of the justified wrath of God. But in His grace, God convicted our hearts to turn from sin and trust in Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross in our place. And because of our faith in Christ, we’ve been adopted into a new family. God the righteous Judge became our merciful Father. He has given us a new identity in Christ. And our family will have the privilege of being a visual picture of God’s adopting work in the life of everyone who trusts in Christ.""

I have been humbled as we've watched so many children go from being orphans to being welcomed home by loving fathers and mothers. We rejoice with the Greens, the Clarks, the Hunters, the Hutchesons and the Philpots who have either brought children home within the last year or are bringing them home in the next couple weeks. We rejoice with you as you hold your long-awaited children. Thank you for modeling the Gospel so well!