Adopted

A friend I met in Kenya gifted this to me. She was so excited to hear that we were going to the very village that she grew up in to provide medical care for the people there. I got to talk to her about my Lord and Saviour on a 9 hour flight into Nairobi! She was so encouraged that she took a nine hour bus ride through the night to come and meet up with us in the village we were working in after her studies were completed. This picture reminded her of being adopted, not only into my life, but into the family of God. I’m so thankful to be adopted into God’s family! Psalms 68:6 says, “God sets the solitary in families.” He’s so good! He’s such a kind Heavenly Father! Have you been adopted in? 

I'm so glad I'm a part of the Family of God, I've been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood! Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod, For I'm part of the family, The Family of God.

You will notice we say "brother and sister" 'round here, It's because we're a family and these are so near; When one has a heartache, we all share the tears, And rejoice in each victory in this family so dear. 

From the door of an orphanage to the house of the King, No longer an outcast, a new song I sing; From rags unto riches, from the weak to the strong, I'm not worthy to be here, but praise God I belong! 

I'm so glad I'm a part of the Family of God, I've been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His Blood! Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod, For I'm part of the family, The Family of God! -Bill Gaither 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” (Ephesians 1:3-7)