National Adoption Day
Today is National Adoption Day. I was so excited to hear about how thousands of children in Foster Care are having their adoption finalized today. How incredible that they are being “born” into a new life with a family that loves them… today! Christian talk radio has been talking a lot about orphans this week. It has been impressed upon me just how much we are called, as Christians, to step up to the plate and help these little ones. There are 143 MILLION orphaned children in the world today. There are hundreds of thousands in the USA in Foster Care who are waiting to be adopted and loved, for once, by a mommy and daddy. Many of these kids will just grow up in Foster homes until they are 18 years old- then they go out into the world on their own. Coming from a family that was a Foster Home to so many little girls, this hits home and breaks my heart. What greater impact for Christ than to bring a child into your home and share His love with them!
We are not all called to adopt children, but we are all called to help. Check out this web page to find out ways that you can help the fatherless. http://www.voiceoftheorphan.org
James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
I have heard it said that perhaps our country will not see true turn-around in the abortion laws until our Christian population learns to step up and takes care of the fatherless that we currently have- not to mention those that would be our responsibility if we are successful in outlawing abortions. I am going to do a better job helping the helpless.
posted by Jen @ 11/17/2006 11:12:00 AM
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6 Comments:
Thanks for the reminder about Adoption Day. My grandparents had over 53 foster chilren go thorugh their home, several of which I still know as 'cousins.' One of my legal cousins was adopted through the foster program for severely abused infants. My heart breaks seeing and talking to children who feel unloved, like nobody wants them around, that nobody cares, and that no one is there for them.
for years my mom ran an after school tutor program for kids who were in foster programs or had been in foster programs and as a result they were behind in school. And my dad used to give boxing lessons to the same kids. It built thier self esteem. It was so amazing to see the turn around of many of these kids who were in my parents programs. so many of them came in afraid to talk or be touched or even looking you in the eye and they when they left they were like completely different people.
Jill, just don't wear that dress when you go adopt a kid. They will think you live in the gingerbread candy covered house.
double bonus to adoption, no labor. woot woot.
WHAT IS WOOT WOOT? Sheesh. No one ever answers me. Oh, and what happened to my beautiful piece of furniture?
woot do you think?
I think you either have a speech impediment or are a choo-choo train driver tooting your horn. Or, or should I say wooting your horn.
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