A Christmas Story
Today @ church an announcement was made of a couple finally arriving home from Africa as they adopted a baby girl. This is a young couple in their mid 20's and it's not like they can't have kids either. In fact, I remember talking to them a year ago and they said before they have any kids of their own, they would like to adopt first. The couple's white as can be and the baby is from Ethiopia. What a way to show God's mercy and grace! Adopting someone totally unlike them as their own. It's stories like this that further reminds me of what Christmas is all about, the story of Jesus. Thanks be to God!
posted by Mercy Now @ 4:39 PM
7 Comments:
It's shame they had to go to Africa and spend way more than they had to, because there are probably thousands of black babies in America that need to be adopted; but there are way too many racist black organizations that block these efforts because they don't want whites raising black children.
This reminds me of when I was in N Africa visiting a good friend. He works for a missionary agency that adopts abandoned babies. It was an answer to prayer when the govt approved this cuz the attitude was no Muslin children can be adopted by non-Muslims. Anyway, when some of my friend's Muslim friends found out, they were outraged as they rather the babies be abandoned and left for dead than be adopted by foreigners.
wow,
i didnt know you had hollywood celebrities in your church.
jus kiddin...
Congratulations to the new parents! May God bless them richly for their generosity towards this helpless child.
"Whatever you did for the least of these you did for me."
I'm torn here. Yes, it's a wonderful thing to adopt. However, didn't He tell us to be fruitful and multiply? If a couple was obedient to Paul's commands in 1 Corinthians 7, doesn't that mean that adoption should be only one reason that our nurseries are full to overflowing? Doesn't Malachi tell us (2:14-15) that one reason for the marital relationship is Godly offspring?
Don't get me wrong; good on them for adopting. I just think they should be risking some morning sickness, too, Biblically speaking.
BB,
I see where you are coming from. They will multiply except they said they want to adopt someone who has in reality little chance to live and grow up in a Christian home.
As far as multiplying, is there no legit reason to adopt unless one has fully exhausted her biological option? For example, I know of families who have a few children of their own and could have more but decided to adopt for the same reason as this couple.
I'm certainly not with the "overflow your quiver" crowd, though I'd suggest that when God says "be fruitful and multiply," that will ordinarily mean that a married couple ought to aim for three or more biological children. That's the minimum to actually multiply and not just "tread water," population-wise.
Certainly sometimes complications of pregnancy make that difficult or impossible--and it should be added that "be fruitful and multiply" does not mean "get your wife killed or maimed in labor."
That is, for what it's worth, why I'd recommend that couples NOT adopt while they're in a good position to have their own children. In the (commendable) effort to help others, they're going to delay fulfilling God's command to "be fruitful and multiply" because they (justifiably) don't want to risk pregnancy overseas.
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