Today I had my first encounter with a poignant question...will the child we are adopting be a child of color? (Have you seen any transparent or clear children lately?) The woman was very nice in enquiring about our adoption process, asking how things were going, how are they progressing, asking again from where are we adopting and then she asked if the child will be of color. I wasn't completely ready for this - but this wonderful person is an older person, so I can understand a little bit better the tone in which she asked without getting upset - just trying to keep in in perspective and positive. I was pleased to tell her that Yes! our child will not be Caucasian and will look different than us... on the outside.
The discussion got a little deeper and more bold and I was asked why we don't adopt from the US. Why is it so difficult when there are so many kids that need homes right here in the US and why is there so much red tape. The questions went from personal to broad - taking some direct pressure off so I could regroup my thoughts. I responded to her that we were not adopting from the US because that is not God's plan for us. His direction for us is to adopt an Ethiopian child. I don't know about you, but I am not about to argue with God. I didn't get into the depth of our story, there wasn't time - so I just left it at that. I pray daily for fatherless children all over the world - I also pray that people will accept God's invitiation to care for the orphan children here in the US and all over the world. Christians need to step up and engage themselves with God's mandate to care for the fatherless. We are God's plan for the orphan - there is no plan B.
Does it bother me that my children look nothing like me or us? Not a bit. Do I/we care what people think or that some may shy away from us because we are a "different" family? Not in the least. The only one I have to please is God and I am all about doing that. What will I see when I look at my children? I will see that they all have brown eyes, they all were born in my heart instead of under it, all of them are the same - they are all children of God specifically chosen to be woven in this family's tapestry and our story and lives are to be woven with others into God's great tapestry - helping His kingdom come. In a final thought - God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called.
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