Adoption is redemption

There will be a day in our future, when we remove a little child from the grasp of a lonely life full of neglect, abuse, illness, hunger, and possibly much more than I can comprehend. A day that my family and I can change a life forever. A day that will break me, and complete me in a moment. A day that we become parents of a child that was brought into this world by someone else, and then couldn't care for them for some, possibly unknown, reason.

 

"A child born to another woman calls me Mom. The depth of that tragedy and the magnitude of that privilege, are not lost on me."-Jody Landers

 

 

Its easy for followers of Jesus to compare redemption and adoption. Because, to us, its the same thing! By definition, redemption means "deliverance" or "rescue" or "salvation". And adoption is "To take up and make one's own". When we bring a child out of such hard circumstances and "rescue" him/her, it gives a chance at a new life. Just as Jesus adopted us into his family, not judging us by our mistakes, but snatching us up and LOVING us! And then leading us into a new life with Him! He makes us His own, despite our blemishes and stains!

 

 

"He predestined us to be adopted as his sons
through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—"
Ephesians 1:5


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