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Who is called to adopt?

November 6, 2015 By Casey Zaruba

In honor of National Adoption Month this November, I’ll be reposting some of my most popular blogs on adoption.

Who is called to adoption??Here’s my short answer:?EVERYONE.

But not how you might think.
James 1:27 is pretty clear:?Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after?orphans and widows?in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
There are orphans all around us. I talk to families often who assume that the only need for orphan care is across the world. Although this is true and a desperate need, most people don’t know there are orphans across their street. I get calls often of babies born and if an adoptive family isn’t found in the next 24 hours, they will go into foster care.
We’re all called to care for the orphan, but that looks different for different people.
Are you single?You don’t have an easy out.
Ask any child stuck in the foster care system or an orphanage if they would rather stay where they are or come home to a single parent who’s going to love them like crazy. Read this?young girl’s story?and you?ll believe that God can use you in a powerful way to live out the gospel to children.
Think you can’t afford it?Sorry, that’s not legit either.
More often than not families who share this with me really mean they have better things to do with their money than rescue a child: the annual family vacation, or boat, or [fill in the blank]. Friends,the?gospel is clear in where our treasure should lie in things of eternal value. I can think of nothing more valuable than stepping into a child’s eternal destiny.
Although I would never counsel a family who is?financially?unstable to begin the process of adoption, there is the other side where families don’t feel like they have the resources it takes. I love this?recent series of posts?by an adoptive mom who points out that our Heavenly father isn’t a deadbeat dad. The bottom line: if He has called you to adoption He will provide the funds and the abilities needed. Do we really believe this?
Is your sedan full?Get a minivan (or better yet, the big white 15 passenger van).
I have friends who have a big white van and have made it their mantra that there is always more room at their dining room table. Now they tell other families to “scootch over” and make room at their tables and in their homes.
Are your hands already full?? God provides the grace.
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Richy and Jess already had their hands full with full time ministry, three kids (the acceptable norm for the “average” American family) and one with special needs. But they felt the clear call to live out their convictions for life in their living room.
Photo by?Shelley Paulson
Afraid you can’t handle the heartbreak and chaos?? There’s nothing on this earth more worth it.
My dear friends John and Tracie thought they were done with three kids. Then they adopted and it forever changed the trajectory of their family. They adopted domestically. Then they went to the Ukraine to adopt one and came home with two. And then they did it again. They have a crazy house but it’s full of love.
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Not in the season to adopt?Make it your season to serve.
That’s what Joanna and Tyler do. A few years married and just beginning their family, they’ve decided to serve in the midst of it. They are often found babysitting, cooking, cleaning, and running errands for those in their community who have adopted or are providing foster care. They are in the thick of it loving those around them well.
Is adoption or foster care not for you? Not possible.
There is always something you can do even if you?re not called to bring kids into your home. Each of these families literally couldn’t do what they?re doing without the tangible support from their community: providing child care so they get an occasional break, offering mentoring to their kids asaunties? or big brothers, cooking meals, praying, offering financial assistance, and the list goes on and on.
Notice I don’t think everyone is called to adopt, but every one of us, if we are true Christ followers, are called to have some active part in adoption and caring for the orphan.
Each of these families have started their own adoption revolution. There isn’t a person who meets them that can’t see the redemptive path they?re on and their hearts for the orphan. And because of that they’re starting something right where they are and?inspiring?others to do the same.
Practical ways you can care for the orphan
Pray for them?- keep children who need homes at the forefront of your prayers
Give to them?- give out of the abundance that God has given you
Support them?- find a foster or adoptive family to love on
Protect them?- become a foster family or?safe family
Care for them?- open your home and become a forever family
If you’ve ever been on the front lines of the life movement,?you’ve?heard firsthand what?proponents?are are?pro-choice shout: “You don’t want the children either!” Our initial reaction is, but of course we do! But do we? Are our lives, homes, bank accounts, and free time too comfortable? Are we willing to give up our cozy lives to step into the movement and say we want the babies? We need to start making a statement that we want the children.
What will you do to look after the orphan in distress?

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This afternoon we have another adoption story over This afternoon we have another adoption story over on our blog. We pray it will be an encouragement to you wherever you are in your journey! "Did we hear God wrong? It's easy to second guess your adoption plans when you're in the middle of the process; in the trenches of the wait. Sometimes even easy to second guess your faith and your ability to clearly hear God's call. But I've learned that God is always at work, even when we can't see it. Chris and Jen had these questions and decided to give up their plans for growing their family through adoption. And that's exactly the time they received a call about their son. Today Jen shares the questions, and the answers, that led them to their family of two growing to three." - CAC Adoption Consultants Susan @svansyckle ⁣
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"Expectations. They can kind of make us or break u "Expectations. They can kind of make us or break us, can’t they? As I’ve walked with many people through their adoption journeys, I’ve seen families crushed by unrealistic expectations and I’ve seen families beautifully hope in God as they’ve surrendered their expectations to Him. So what does it look like to have reasonable expectations during your adoption and specifically as you work with an adoption consultant at Christian Adoption Consultants? What does it look like for adoption expectations to 'make you' rather than 'break you?'" -CAC Adoption Consultant Katie F. @katiefenska ⁣
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We have another adoption story on the blog this ev We have another adoption story on the blog this evening! "It was an honor to walk with Jamey and Sydnee through their adoption journey. When we first connected I remember Sydnee opening up about their long journey through infertility and loss. She shared her heart and about the journey that led them to this specific place and time. She also shared some of their fears with me about the adoption process, one of them being too old' to be desirable to an expectant mother. As she was talking I remember thinking to myself, 'I'm so glad that God connected my path to these amazing people and I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for them.' Their journey through the adoption process wasn't easy, but that same journey, the one with ups and downs, the one with disappointment, the one with waiting, led them to their daughter and I know they wouldn't change a thing about it. Jamey and Sydnee, thank you for allowing me to walk with you through the adoption process. I am beyond amazed at the story God wrote for your family! Today Sydnee shares that story..." -CAC Adoption Consultant Kelly @kellybethtodd⁣
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Tonight CAC Adoption Advocate and Birth Mother, Lo Tonight CAC Adoption Advocate and Birth Mother, Lori, shares a poem entitled, “Knowing.” We pray her words would help your heart reflect on this truth: “He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'” (Psalm 46:10)⁣⁣
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