As well tell more and more people about our plans to adopt a child it seems that there is a common misconception people have on why we are choosing to adopt. This is just an opinion, but it seems like most people believe adoption to be the last resort to having kids. It’s the choice to make if you can’t have your own biological kids! So we get comments like “we’re praying that you’ll have kids of your own” or “we’re praying that you’ll get through this difficult time”.
Now, there’s nothing wrong with adopting because you are unable to have biological children, but this mentality has to change if Christians are to answer the call to care for orphans. So to set the record straight, my wife and I are adopting because we feel called to adopt and care for orphans in that way. We do desire to have biological children, but our greater hope is to raise up God-honoring and God-fearing kids!
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” - James 1:27
So what is your understanding of why people adopt?
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