In the human family, there are various kinds of birth experiences. But in God’s family, everybody begins the same way. We are all adopted. We all have the same Father. We all come to him the same way–through His Son, Jesus Christ.
From Ephesians 1:5-6: “He destined us for adoption as His children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace that He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”
From 1 John 4:7: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”
Vulnerable and broken
Young lives scattering like chaff
Fractured, alone in darkness
Story needs new paragraph
Emulating Jesus’ love
Family opens their home
One lost child, then another
Spirit reaches out, love roams
Called by Christ, door swings open
Wrapping His love around each
Two daughters bond as sisters
New lessons waken to teach
Family’s love grows daily
Centered around faith and trust
Christ’s joy filling each new page
Four lives together, robust
Future looking brighter now
Surrounded by parents’ love
Sisters linking together
Jesus smiles from above
In the United States, the month of November recognizes the significance of adoption. When a family reaches out to provide foster care for a deserving child, this is one of life’s most unselfish, blessed tasks. As in the case of our family, this story opens life’s new chapter for our granddaughters, both adopted into our family.
Published in April, 2019, this faith-based poem remains the most viewed post on Big Sky Buckeye. The theme of family and adoption hits close to home, and this poem honors a family very dear to my wife and I. Their story has been a true and rewarding journey of faith with our Lord.
God always manages an astonishing plan
He stretches His hands across the land
He spends six days building His creation
Then, He smiles at His brilliant sensation
Again and again, God shows He is in charge
His Holy presence looms, caring and large
His Book of Life satisfies with infinite pages
He sends His Son as a sacrifice, for the ages
When our Savior rises on Easter morn
God proving, His love will always adorn
A woman grows up, dreaming of more
She longs to be a wife with love to soar
She looks forward to being a mother
God would have it this way, no other
A devoted man with his son, will now deploy
Her sacred marriage brings to her much joy
She becomes a wife and mother in one day
Wow! God’s plan brings much delight today
Alas, something is missing in a life filled with peace
An unfilled yearning to bear a child, the final piece
Through much prayer, faithful words to offer
This couple places their trust with the Father
A young girl appears, needing a loving place
They become her foster parents, with haste
Over time, this girl discovers love, with such vastness
Her home permeates with love, without any sadness
But wait—the story carries on for a year
Now adoption lies ahead, without fear
Father, mother, son, and now a daughter
God’s love touches all, thicker than water
Praise God, our heavenly Father this day
Praise His miracles that astound and say
God always manages an astonishing plan
He stretches His hands across the land
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God always manages an astonishing plan
He stretches His hands across the land
He spends six days building His creation
Then, He smiles at His brilliant sensation
Again and again, God shows He is in charge
His Holy presence looms, caring and large
His Book of Life satisfies with infinite pages
He sends His Son as a sacrifice, for the ages
When our Savior rises on Easter morn
God proving, His love will always adorn
A woman grows up, dreaming of more
She longs to be a wife with love to soar
She looks forward to being a mother
God would have it this way, no other
A devoted man with his son, will now deploy
Her sacred marriage brings to her much joy
She becomes a wife and mother in one day
Wow! God’s plan brings much delight today
Alas, something is missing in a life filled with peace
An unfilled yearning to bear a child, the final piece
Through much prayer, faithful words to offer
This couple places their trust with the Father
A young girl appears, needing a loving place
They become her foster parents, with haste
Over time, this girl discovers love, with such vastness
Her home permeates with love, without any sadness
But wait—the story carries on for a year
Now adoption lies ahead, without fear
Father, mother, son, and now a daughter
God’s love touches all, thicker than water
Praise God, our heavenly Father this day
Praise His miracles that astound and say
God always manages an astonishing plan
He stretches His hands across the land
This poem honors a family very dear to Big Sky Buckeye. Their story has been a true and rewarding journey of faith with our Lord.
These previously published poems were also inspired by this wonderful family.
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