Remembering My Rescue

We get asked the question 'WHY?' all the time.
Why adopt? Why international? Why special needs? Why so many kids? Why do it again?
And I can give an answer to each question individually. But the best answer, our truest answer, will cover all of them as a whole.
The answer to ALL of these questions is
because everyday I live and breathe I remember MY rescue!

Deuteronomy 24:17-22

¹⁷ Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. ¹⁸ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
¹⁹ When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. ²⁰ When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. ²¹ When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. ²² Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

I was a broken little girl. He rescued me.

Not wanted by a father and a step father. Fiercely desired by Him.

Enslaved by lies. Set free by His Truth.

Blinded by fear and anger, deafened by grief. Healed and restored by His goodness and grace.

Overcome by my flesh and sin. Forgiven time and again.

As I live in the shadow of all He has done for me, I want everything I do to bring glory to Him!

So when I hear of children who are without love and a family and a home, we open our home.

When we see children who are being overlooked because society has labeled them unwanted, we understand that they are FIERCELY desired by Him, and therefore us!

And the second most asked question- Are you done yet?

Not until He says so!!!!!