One of our sons was irritated the other day because we didn't go to his favorite neighborhood pool, but chose to go to his brother's favorite pool that is located in a different part of the neighborhood.
How has it come to this??
How could this kid, who just last year, had never even swam in a pool, now have the ability to pick and chose what pool he wants to go to?
Taste and see that The Lord, He is good.
The kids have been wake boarding a lot lately. It has been a great sport for our kids to learn, and it turns out that they have a natural bent towards the sport.
As I was snapping pictures the other day at Terminus Wake Park, I got a shot of one of our sons catching air off a ramp and I have not been able to shake the image since.
Here is a child, who was once alone, depraved, who couldn't swim, went without food and clothes, and lived under a park bench in China for a short part of his life. This very young man almost drowned one time chasing a crawfish into the water. Almost died in a motorcycle accident. Almost died falling through a roof. But God had huge, HUGE, plans for this life. He wasn't done with this life. He wasn't done molding the clay. So he formed, and spun, and shaped his life into what he is right now. And the potter's wheel is still turning. He is still being perfected. The wheel has not stopped yet!! Praises!
And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.Isaiah 64:8
This present day, he is soaring off a ramp, strapped to a wake board, with the biggest smile and rush of excitement!
How can this be?
How can a child so stuck, so alone, so without a chance, so out of time and out of luck, now be flying high at the wake park?
Galatians 3:27-4:9 tells us that once depraved, followers of Christ have now been adopted as sons. Once we lived without hope. We knew nothing but loneliness and desolation. We knew life without pools and wake parks. We knew limits, boundaries.
Now, we know nothing short of being the sons and daughters of the king. Our lives become limitless now as he gives according to His riches to us. Phil 4:19
All of us have been orphans. Some are still orphans. But God, has chosen adoption as the vehicle of his good news for us. Adoption into His family means that no one can look at God and say, "so which ones are your kids and which ones are your adopted kids."
No, adoption means that we were meant to be so much more than orphans. We were meant to be so much more that adopted children. We were meant to be the sons and daughters of God, period.
The old is passed away; all things become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
This is adoption. This is salvation. This is redemption. This is the very heart of God.
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