There are no Orphans of God

5/18/2008

I asked Mark to pray for a leading from God as to the timing of the adoption. At this point he wasn't positive that we had been called to this. He was talking to his sister, Sara, who just got travel papers to go get their 2nd adopted child from China. She said that she felt so strong about God's command to take care of the orphans and widows. That verse resonated in Mark's head.

Then on May 18th, we had a building celebration at our church for an expansion project. Our pastor spoke about enlarging our territory and reaching out to other people outside of our community. He spoke of bringing them into our family. He spoke about using God's gifts as resources to do that. Then we sang a song that resonated in Mark and my ears.

"There are no orphans of God" We looked at each other knowing this was His calling for our family.