God has been showing me some things in the last year. For some reason I was on a kick last summer that I wanted to work for an adoption agency. It started when I learned about a hosting program that brings children from Russia to the United States for medical care. It is temporary hosting -but ideally these kids could be adopted by loving U.S. adopters. I found out that I as a single woman could not adopt... but I could get involved. just the idea of partnering with an agency to give homes and a chance to unpriveledged children made my heart swell.
So I learned of an opening with an adoption agency near where I live and I went in for a meeting.
This was a unique agency that specialized in special needs kids from China!! Wow! Not only was there a language barrier but the kids had problems too! Who would want a child with a disability?? I saw lists and pictures of young chinese boys who were unwanted because of their disbility. Here I learned that a child with a disability especially a boy was a burden that warented an adoption or foster home.
It really was amazing to also learn that there are people in the US with disposable income taht were very interested in adopting these children. It iss quite an expense to adopt and then take care of a disabled child.... but people are doing it! I was amazed.
Several months later I was attending a women's conference and one woman at my table was asked what her passion in life was....I was truly astounded when she told our small group that she had a dream to adopt a special needs child from China. I couldn't believe it! Here was a person right in front of me who was an answer to my query.
So then the issue of abortion sneaks up on me from time to time with questions about fetal right to life and the value and dignity of life. And while there are some who may choose abortion for various reasons and feel later that they made the right decision... but then they will never know what they missed. the story continues as the questions about God and morality and even evolution and survival of the fittest emerge in seeker churches. God shows us that when we are weak and humble in the world -he is strong. The child who is imperfect has the same life inside that a perfectly healthy child has. We can learn from both children and both are valuable.
God uses the imperfect to show his grace in the world... so that we can see his glory.
