Through the process, we have started to hear and see things differently. We hear song lyrics through a different filter. We process and internalize sermons with a different bent. We read and pray differently. There is clearly a new work that has happened within us, one that fits into our greater purpose as Christians.
Romans 8, 2 Corinthians 5, Revelation 21….there are several passages that make something clear: creation has been made new (past), is in the process of being made new (present), and will be made new in coming days (future). It’s a process that God uses His spirit, His church, and ultimately His son to accomplish. This truth continues to encourage us through song, spoken word, and written word as we anticipate the coming months.
So, how does this “new work” play out through adoption?
- Most evidently, a new family for a child that needs it.
- New ways Maryl and I will need to support each other.
- New ways we will have to seek the Lord as a family.
- New great-grandkids, grandkids, nieces, and nephews for our extended family to love.
- We pray, new additions to the Lord’s kingdom as He calls our future children to Himself.
So for me, that’s primarily what this is about. Making ourselves, our resources, our home, and the network of people around us available, and seeing what the Lord will choose to do through us.
And with that said, John Piper describes the purposes of adoption through God's grace better than I ever could:
