In just a few minutes I'll be heading to the county courthouse for an adoption hearing. This has been a long time coming and it's been cool to watch it all come together. It started a couple years ago when this little 9 year old girl started coming to church with her foster mother. The little girl fell in love with her Sunday school teachers and they fell in love with her too. So much so, that they wanted her to become a part of their immediate family. After going through the home visits and counseling sessions and everything else they had to endure, their day has finally come. The day when the law recognizes them as a family. They've been a family in their hearts for awhile now. Today is just a formality.
I can't help but think of another adoption day. How excited the parents must have been. And anxious and eager. And what a relief it must have been when the judge pronounced it so. Wish I could have been there.
Even greater than these earthly adoptions is the adoption available to all of us by our Heavenly Father. He's eagerly waiting for us to turn our hearts toward him and accept Him as our Abba Father. He's already turned His heart toward us. And as the ultimate judge, He has pronounced it so.
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