Sunday, March 16, 2008

My Adoption Story

A 12 year old girl went to the movies and an older boy took advantage of her against her will. a few months later her parents took her to a home for unwed mothers. She was skipping around and playing as little girls do unaware of why her parents were dropping her off there. She eventually realized why she was there. She must have felt very alone and scared.

Months later on her 13th birthday she gave birth to a baby girl. After she went home she put the whole ordeal behind her. She didn't realize the sacrifice that she made for the baby girl, and the gift she gave to the adoptive parents.

Some people would ask if God allowed the birthmother to be raped to accomplish his purpose. In Rick Warren's book The Purpose Driven Life he says, "God's purpose took into account human error, and even sin."

This baby girl was adopted by loving parents. They told her that they chose her. She was so blessed to belong to parents that chose her. The Lord put them together and made them a family. Just as it says in Psalms 139:16, "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." He ordained for this baby to be born by this young girl, and he had another family chosen for her to be apart of.

Rick Warren also goes on to say that, "Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they are not unplanned by God." "God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything he creates."

Adoption is a special sacrifice.

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