Opened Eyes....

Its so hard to explain but I wish everyone could understand my heart. There is so much more we could be doing... So much more as Christians that we are called to do, but I feel that so many stay where its comfortable and "normal". We are called to care for the widow and orphan... How much more could we all be doing in this area? I dont think everyone is called to adopt, I think that is something that definitely has to be in your heart and you be called to do... but if your not called to adopt, what else can you be doing? Mission trips, sponsoring a child through an organization to provide their needs for a month, sponsoring an orphanage, donating to an adopting family, or even just spending time holding a child who has no one so that they could feel what love is. Make an effort, do everything you can to reach out and be HIS hands and feet to these children who literally have NO ONE. Imagine if that were you for a moment... crying but no one answering, hungry but no one to feed you, rocking yourself to sleep bc there is no one there to rock you. Ive been asked soooo many times, why would you adopt in Ethiopia, why Internationally, why not have your own children. That very heart breaking truth is why, that there are children that have NO ONE to love them or care for them! It doesnt matter what country they are in or how much it costs to give them a family, I want to be THE SOMEONE for them, and the why's of this shouldn't matter. I am doing what I can to care for the orphan, and I am doing it in a way I feel God has shown me. How about you? Ask God to show you the gifts and talents you have to make an impact in an orphans life. THEY NEED YOU! How much more could you be doing? Hard questions I know, and I ask bc Ive been convicted of this too. In us adopting and seeing the truths of all this on a way deeper level just breaks my heart to know we haven't done more, and done it sooner! Yes, we've sponsored children through organizations, and we've helped adoptive families with their fundraising... But I know there is more we could have done, more we could have gave... Now knowing how hard of an obstacle this all is, I want to do everything I can to help others that are adopting as well. When we have our funds raised for our adoption, I wont stop there... I want to help other families as they have been obedient just as we were. I want to give as much as I can to help them get their child home. I guess its something you don't understand until you've been in this position, but I get it now. What I dont get is why the church isnt doing more for this cause? Why the church isn't doing more for the families willing to take on this very hard long process.... There has to be more the church can do! For something so dear to Christ's heart, and very well expressed in his word that he wants us to do... we the church need to step up, do more, and enable those willing to take on this journey of adopting to where nothing stands between them and their child! I hope all this has opened your eyes as it has mine. Maybe its not something you "get" until you've been on the other side...but I hope you try and see the orphan with Christ's eyes and feel his pain as he hurts for them.

"He sets the lonely in families." Psalm 68:6