This Easter I have been reminded of someone else's sacrifice that has greatly changed my life. There is a young women that over a year ago decided to choose life for her baby, who made one of the most selfless decisions of her life... she chose to give her child up for adoption, to give her a life that for whatever reason she could not give her child. That decision gave us the opportunity to love a little girl who is so special to us, to be able to provide a home for her, to love her unconditionally, to teach her about Jesus.
I have been surprised by the negative views many people have about biological parents in an adoption situation. It breaks my heart that it is so easy for us to sit back and judge a situation that we have no idea about.
My challenge to you today is to stop and think about how you view parents who choose to put their child up for adoption. Do you look down on them? Do you automatically think the worst possible things about them? Do you assume they abandoned their child because they are reckless and heartless? Do you assume they are a young irresponsible teenage girl who has no idea who got her pregnant?
The women who gave life to my daughter is not the person you imagine her to be. I have very little information about her, I may never get the chance to meet her, but I have seen a part of her heart. You see the sacrifice she made for Grace reminds me every day how special this woman is.
If you think of the moms who have chosen adoption for their children, would you pray for them? If you know someone who is trying to make a life changing decision like this, please be there to encourage them and to love them.
I will always be grateful to the woman who chose life for my child, I will always remember the sacrifice she made for Grace.
Blessings!
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