“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.” James 1:27
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “[Jesus] will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ Matt. 25:44-5 NIV
“Adoption is a breathtakingly beautiful way to live out the gospel of Christ among the afflicted. It provides another way for the church to bring the gospel to those who, like we once were, are without God and hope in this world.” — Dan Cruver
“Heal my heart and make it clean; Open up my eyes to the things unseen— Show me how to love like you have loved me.” — Brooke Fraser
“We are not all called to adopt these children into our families. But we are all called to look at them, even though it makes our eyes burn, and be willing to let their needs disrupt our lives.” — Kristin Swick Wong
Adoption had been something that Lance and I had talked about over the years and something that had been on my heart for as long as I can remember. However, we never really knew how it would play out in our lives. We already had 3 young children and life was full. After experiencing a...
