As we continued to keep an end to
abortion in our prayers, we also continued to correspond with Randy &
Kelsey Bohlender. Part of their testimony
is that the Lord challenged them to be a part of the solution for the problem
that would exist IF all of the babies planned for abortion were to
live......"If you are pro-life, then you have to be pro-adoption." This point REALLY resounded within our spirits
as a word of wisdom and truth. But it was a challenging truth to embrace,
because it forced us to think differently about our feelings toward adoption.
After all, in our salvation which is
by grace through faith, Derek and I have tended to take for granted the fact
that we are adopted into God's family. We
were confronted with the necessity of turning around and exhibiting that same Spirit
of adoption to the world. While trying
to gain a deeper understanding of the Spirit of adoption that is spoken of in
Romans 8:15, we have come to realize that we were thinking of the spirit of
adoption as an “it.” But the “Spirit”
spoken of in that passage has a capital “S” in the vast majority of
translations. It refers to the Holy
Spirit… i.e. God Himself. So when we
speak of the Spirit of adoption, we’re actually not just saying that there’s a
spirit or essence of our being that has a mindset of adoption, but we’re
specifying an aspect of our God that longs for adoption with such fervor that
He refers to Himself in His own Book as the “Spirit of adoption” that we have
received. What revelation follows
this? We need to work to have this
Spirit of adoption alive within us in a manifest way, such that we embrace Him,
pray for the release of Him, advertise Him, and propose Him as an alternative
to the mass murdering of millions of babies who have no voice.
Hmmmmmmm... we thought on that for a
while. And then we thought and prayed.
And then we meditated a little bit. We
may have even pondered. Rumination was
definitely occurring. Hmmmmmmm. This revelation was huge for us. And so, we began to wonder what part we would
play in the adoption movement. At the
time, we were “DINKs” (Dual Income No Kids). Josiah, our firstborn, was still a dream in
our hearts. We figured someday we would
consider adoption for ourselves, but at that time we decided we would support
others who were adopting. So, for a few
years, we have tried to support a few couples with their adoptions, but the
Spirit of adoption has risen up inside of us, and the Lord is now leading us to
do more.
In the next post, we will talk about
having Josiah followed by our 2 year journey of infertility during which the
Lord moved on our hearts to “do more.”
See how the story unfolds. God is so merciful.
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