Adoption wasn't our second choice. It isn't a backup plan. It was always a part of our plan. It is God's plan. It's about the two of us being obedient to God.
Adoption means to choose or take as one's own. As we choose to accept Jesus as our savior, God adopts us as sons and daughters.
"But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir." Galatians 4:4-7 NLT
It amazes me that God loves us so much, that not only does he want to redeem us but adopt us as his child. We are part of His family now and call Him father.
"Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure." Ephesians 1:4-5 NLT
We are royalty, sons and daughters of the King!
God set the idea of adoption separately in our hearts which seemed to spread when we met. I am honored that God would choose adoption for our family. A strange excitement comes to Okey and I when we think of how God chose us to adopt! We love looking back to see how far we have come and how we have got to this point. There is so much spiritual and personal growth that we have experienced individually and as a couple that we would have never been able to experience without embarking on an adoption journey.
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