I met with a friend for coffee last night and as I listened to her story of how she came to adopt Alex, her daughter, I wondered if maybe adoption was the route God is leading me. I do not know. I know that God has placed an overwhelming love for orphans on my heart. The thought of orphaned children boggles my mind and leaves me feeling overwhelmed at times. EVERY child deserves love and a place to call home.
God loves the orphaned child. I know that His plan was not for these children to be left unloved and cast away. It is our own selfishness and human nature that has left 143 million children parentless.
And now I ponder the question that Tom Davis, author of Fields of the Fatherless, has asked. Is the answer adopting a child, or is it orphan care? Tom states, “When you do that right [orphan care], people get a heart for adoption, but they also get a heart for orphans in general”. What can I do for the millions of orphans who are in desperate need? What can I do for just one orphan and how can I make one orphan feel loved?
