Why Why Why???

Lately I feel like I am having to answer to a lot of whys. Some to my parents and some to our agency that wants to know why we are wanting to adopt and why from India.  It has had me thinking in depth about adoption in general. I read someone's blog on adoption and I follow alot of their ideas. Adoption is not fixing a problem. It's a choice to help make a problem somewhat better. Children should ultimately live with their biological parents. In many socities single mothers are looked down upon and in essence their life is over. Their destiny is prostitution. That is their only choice. Kids with disabilities are shunned. Countries are poor and there isn't medical resources to care for sick and disabled kids. Parents are dying from AIDS or they are being killed from civil war within their own country. Some people are sick --whether it is from drug addiction or psychological sickness. This can result in kids being neglected and even abused. I could go on and on but you get the point.  The solution to this is more mission work. More missionaries are needed so bad. Life skills in mission work is needed. Medical care is needed--meaning doctors and nurses in the mission fields are needed. Missionaries are needed ultimately to teach others about Christ. Teaching others to help the poor and sick and not to shun them is mandatory. This is how we start to get biological parents to keep their children.
As a Christian, I am supposed to be the hands and feet of God. In Mark 16:5 we are called to go out and preach the gospel. "Go out" means action.   DEU 10:18 " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing." Of course, this doesn't mean everyone has to adopt. There are many other ways to be the hands and feet of God. Trust me I know this from first hand knowledge--I am involved in Meals for wheels, various charities but it's not enough.  For me, this is my calling. After months of prayer and soul searching, this is what Mike and I have been called to do. My aunt called me the other day to share a thought by Max Lucado on his calendar. I won't recite it exactly but here is my version---Max starts by asking what is your fire and passion?? Is it caring for orphans....etc.  He then goes to talk about when he was thinking of becoming a preacher he sought counseling from another preacher. The preacher told him "don't preach unless you have to." As Max pondered this --he thought I have to--it's my fire, it's my passion.  I can't tell you how much this made me smile because I relate so much.

I've struggled for so long to find my passion.  I've prayed and prayed and prayed. God is now opening all kinds of doors for this passion. So in a nutshell this is why we are adopting. We have no idea where this will lead us because we didn't ever know we would be led in this direction. Our lives are not ours --they belong to God. We're just following His lead. This is also the reason we are choosing India. We prayed about it and it's where our child is. As for the question that we get a lot -"there are plenty of kids here, why don't you get one from here." God put India on our heart. God didn't intend for everyone to be the same. 

Hope this made some sense.  Until next time. . .

Remember when you submit yourself to God, He will take you places you never dreamed you could go!!!