Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭22‬-‭25: ‘Adoption as Sons’ Through the Eyes of an Adoptive Parent‬‬‬ | Praise Podcast

A look at our adoption as children of God through the lens of an adoptive parent’s experience. Tune in!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 A look at our adoption as children of God through the lens of

00:00:04 --> 00:00:06 an adoptive parent's experience.

00:00:07 --> 00:00:07 Tune in.

00:00:11 --> 00:00:12 Hello,

00:00:12 --> 00:00:14 and welcome to Momo 634,

00:00:14 --> 00:00:19 the daily podcast chock-full of faith-filled inspiration and motivation.

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00:00:43 --> 00:00:46 Long-time listeners know my hubby and I served as foster

00:00:46 --> 00:00:49 parents of a sort to some

00:00:49 --> 00:00:52 kids we went to church with three decades ago.

00:00:52 --> 00:00:55 They are now grown with families of their own.

00:00:56 --> 00:01:00 The daughter of one of them has had questions about baptism and

00:01:00 --> 00:01:01 has been studying with us.

00:01:03 --> 00:01:06 In our study with her this past Wednesday evening,

00:01:07 --> 00:01:09 after our regular Bible study at the church building,

00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 we covered Romans chapter 8.

00:01:13 --> 00:01:16 In our study, we came across these verses.

00:01:18 --> 00:01:23 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in

00:01:23 --> 00:01:23 the pains of

00:01:24 --> 00:01:26 childbirth until the present time.

00:01:27 --> 00:01:28 Not only that,

00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 but we ourselves,

00:01:30 --> 00:01:32 who have the first fruits of the Spirit,

00:01:32 --> 00:01:37 groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons,

00:01:38 --> 00:01:40 the redemption of our bodies.

00:01:40 --> 00:01:46 For in this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is no hope at all.

00:01:47 --> 00:01:49 Who hopes for what he can already see?

00:01:50 --> 00:01:55 But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

00:01:56 --> 00:01:56 Romans 8, 22-25

00:02:01 --> 00:02:03 It was interesting because yesterday,

00:02:03 --> 00:02:05 the very next day after the study,

00:02:06 --> 00:02:10 is celebrated in our household as a major holiday,

00:02:10 --> 00:02:16 the day we adopted a sibling set and almost doubled our family overnight.

00:02:18 --> 00:02:21 In those exciting yet fraught-filled days,

00:02:21 --> 00:02:24 looking forward to the day they would be legally ours,

00:02:25 --> 00:02:29 but wondering at times if it would even happen because of snags,

00:02:30 --> 00:02:30 delays,

00:02:31 --> 00:02:31 and obstacles,

00:02:32 --> 00:02:37 verses like those in Romans took on a brand new meaning for us.

00:02:38 --> 00:02:43 God made a plan for mankind to be adopted even before the

00:02:43 --> 00:02:45 foundation of the world,

00:02:46 --> 00:02:47 yet knowing we would sin.

00:02:48 --> 00:02:49 In other words,

00:02:50 --> 00:02:52 making a plan to adopt us,

00:02:53 --> 00:02:57 even though we had some major life issues to work through.

00:02:58 --> 00:03:01 He still loved us, and he still chose us.

00:03:03 --> 00:03:08 We knew when we adopted our children, there were issues to work through.

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 We knew it would be hard.

00:03:11 --> 00:03:15 There were some days my husband and I didn't know how we were

00:03:15 --> 00:03:16 going to make it.

00:03:17 --> 00:03:19 We prayed so hard.

00:03:21 --> 00:03:25 I doubt many around us really knew the full extent of some of

00:03:25 --> 00:03:26 the things we had to work through.

00:03:28 --> 00:03:33 But our kids are on this side of it now, and thriving.

00:03:34 --> 00:03:38 They love us and are fully bonded to us and their brother.

00:03:39 --> 00:03:41 They understand that we made a moral,

00:03:42 --> 00:03:43 spiritual,

00:03:43 --> 00:03:44 emotional,

00:03:44 --> 00:03:49 and legal commitment to be there with them through it all.

00:03:50 --> 00:03:51 And when we are gone,

00:03:52 --> 00:03:53 they are heirs,

00:03:54 --> 00:03:56 legally entitled to our worldly goods,

00:03:57 --> 00:03:58 along with their brother,

00:03:58 --> 00:04:00 who is our child by birth.

00:04:02 --> 00:04:05 I have often said that giving birth was probably the closest I

00:04:05 --> 00:04:06 will ever feel to

00:04:07 --> 00:04:10 the work God did throughout the creation week.

00:04:11 --> 00:04:15 Going through the full experience of the adoptive process from

00:04:15 --> 00:04:17 start to finish is

00:04:17 --> 00:04:21 probably the closest I will ever come to understand how God

00:04:21 --> 00:04:23 could choose us despite

00:04:23 --> 00:04:24 our human frailties,

00:04:25 --> 00:04:27 how God can love us so much.

00:04:28 --> 00:04:30 make the sacrifices he has for us,

00:04:31 --> 00:04:35 and how he has made a way for us to carry his name,

00:04:36 --> 00:04:37 be a part of his family,

00:04:38 --> 00:04:41 and someday be joint heirs with Christ.

00:04:43 --> 00:04:46 We are truly blessed with children who love God,

00:04:46 --> 00:04:50 who are faithful to Him and have chosen Him as their Father.

00:04:51 --> 00:04:56 And we are all blessed to have been adopted by Him through an

00:04:56 --> 00:04:58 obedient faith in His Son.

00:05:00 --> 00:05:03 How do you conceptualize these verses?

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