What is Adoption?
Adoption is a Beautiful Choice
Adoption is often misunderstood. Many view adoption as a flippant decision which indicates a lack of love on the part of the birthmother. On the contrary, adoption is the result of a difficult but brave choice made with a great deal of thought and concern for your unborn child.
The decision to place a child for adoption comes from a desire to ensure that your child has the best that life can offer him/her. It takes a humble heart to realize that, even though you might be a “good” parent at this point in your life, you cannot be the “best” parent. And that is what you are seeking for your child–the very best.
Adoption is a Blessing
Adoption is blessing for couples who are ready to be parents and are eager to open their hearts and lives to an adopted child. For these couples, adoption is often the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Many families have been on the roller coaster ride of infertility and have come to realize that adoption is the way that God has called them to become a family.
The adoption process may be difficult for some people to understand, but it is important to recognize the positive outcomes of this choice – for everyone involved. Adoption is beautiful choice and a selfless act of love.
Adoption is Biblical
Webster’s dictionary defines adoption as: “taking someone, by choice, into a relationship OR taking voluntarily, a child of other parents, as one’s own child”
The notion of voluntarily accepting someone else’s child as one’s own is extremely profound. It is so profound, in fact, that it is the very concept by which God chose to explain His gift of grace to a fallen world.
For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will. (Ephesians 1:4,5)
The word “adoption” illustrates the fact that God voluntarily and intentionally accepted us into His family before the beginning of time. God chose adoption as a metaphor to articulate His love for us. Adoption by Christian parents is an earthly manifestation of God’s love. It results in the opportunity for adopted children to be part of a caring Christian home and to enjoy a sense of stability and nurturance that they may have otherwise never had the chance to experience.