By Debi Boerckel
Office Manager
My husband and I recently had the privilege of spending the
weekend with friends of ours. We have
known them for almost 20 years, and served together at our local church for
part of that time until God relocated them to another part of Florida. Eleven years ago, they adopted their little girl. They are amazing parents, raising her to know
and love God, and to serve others. In
fact, this little one has such a servant heart it is obvious that serving is a
gift that God himself has given her.
As I spend time with this family, I am NOT constantly aware
of the fact that this child was adopted.
She IS part of this family. No
less than her Mother or her Father. She
is their daughter and they are her parents.
There is a deep, deep love and bond between them – as deep a love as I
have ever seen in any family. There are
mannerisms, speech patterns, and even unspoken understanding between her and
her parents that can only exist in a family.
Why do you suppose adoption is so frowned upon by our
society in the United States today? Why
is it that a woman would rather abort her child than place it into a loving
home in the form of adoption? So often,
when we suggest the possibility of adoption to an expectant mother we hear, “Oh
I could never carry my baby and then give it away.” Some of these same women end their
pregnancies through abortion. Abortion
is an attempt to eliminate a problem and return one’s life to its pre-pregnancy
condition, which is impossible. You can
end a pregnancy, but you can’t make it as if it never happened.
Adoption, however, focuses on what is in the best interest
of the mother, the baby, and the adopting family. While adoption is certainly a difficult and
emotional decision, there is so much good that comes from it. As I heard recently, placing a baby for
adoption isn’t giving up, it’s giving life that is full of excitement,
opportunity, and joy!
As I watch my friends and their daughter, I find myself
thanking God for a woman that was not afraid to do the next right thing – to
make that difficult decision and impact so many lives for eternity.
The Adoption Symbol. The Birth Family, the Adoptive Family
and the Adoptee each represent one side of the triangle and
the heart intertwining each side of the triangle represents the
love that is involved in an adoption.
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