I have been reading this book for a couple of weeks now and it is great! I recommend it to everyone. Katie Davis moved to Uganda when she was 18 years old. She fell in love with the country and the culture and has since adopted 14 girls. I have a lot to share from what I have read already so I thought that maybe once a week, I would post something from the book so here goes.....
*This is an excerpt from page 72-73*
"Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world. And every single day, it is worth it, because adoption is God's heart. His Word says, "In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will" (Ephesians 1:5). He sets the lonely in families (see Psalms 68:6). The first word that appears when I look up adoption in the dictionary is "acceptance." God accepts me, adores me even, just as I am. And He wants me to accept those without families into my own. Adoption is the reason I can come before God's throne and beg Him for mercy, because He predestined me to be adopted as his child through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- to the praise of His glorious grace."
Pretty powerful stuff!
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