[quote:d9e7bcfa24]That about sums it up for those adopted in God's family. How then should you look upon your own children? As God looks at us....[/quote:d9e7bcfa24]

I agree wholeheartedly. Adopting our two daughters has been such a blessing in so many ways. We often reflect on the many ways in which it portrays God's graciousness and His sovereign love. Our two daughters were both "untouchable" orphans in Hinduistic India, without any real hope for even sustenance, much less salvation. There are approximately 4 million people living on the streets, everywhere, in Mumbai; many, many of them are orphaned or abandoned children who must fend for themselves. Out of all of those children, God reached down and selected two of them to place in our family and to be adopted as our own, to be part of our covenant family, to hear the gospel, etc. (And, similarly, he has done the same for many others, including about a dozen other Indian kids from the same orphanage who are now with various families in Lawrence.) Praise be to God!

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Lee Lauridsen
Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Lawrence, KS