I'm not done thinking about the shower I attended. I had so many thankful moments in those few short hours. I thought about adoption.
Scripture tells us that we have been adopted into the family of God through the blood of His Son. That never meant much to me outside of my understanding of the dictionary definition of the word since I was not adopted but as I've watched that process play out in real life, I've come to realize just how special it is to be adopted and how incredible it is that I've been adopted by God!
One of the women attending the shower had been adopted as a child. She shared with the new mom some things that her mother had said to her as a child that had been especially meaningful to her. The one thing she said that touched my heart was that her mother told her that while she took what came with her brother (who had been born naturally into the family), she got to pick her daughter and she chose this woman to be her very own.
My heart was moved as I realized that God chose us! HE CHOSE US! How precious we must be to Him in that He not only chose us, He purchased us at the cost of His own son's life! While we were dead in our trespasses and sins-separated from Him, while we were basically thumbing our noses at God, He chose us and Christ died to pay the ransom so that we could be family! It wasn't because we were special in our own right, it's because God is special and we were special to Him, which when you think about it, should make you feel pretty darned special!
There is no greater feeling in the world than to know that you are special to someone. When a person finally comes to realize how special they are to God, there is no other earthly feeling that can even come close to the joy of knowing that we have a special specialness - we are loved and wanted by Almighty God! Think about that today!
Today, I am thankful that I am especially special because I am loved by God.
Scripture tells us that we have been adopted into the family of God through the blood of His Son. That never meant much to me outside of my understanding of the dictionary definition of the word since I was not adopted but as I've watched that process play out in real life, I've come to realize just how special it is to be adopted and how incredible it is that I've been adopted by God!
One of the women attending the shower had been adopted as a child. She shared with the new mom some things that her mother had said to her as a child that had been especially meaningful to her. The one thing she said that touched my heart was that her mother told her that while she took what came with her brother (who had been born naturally into the family), she got to pick her daughter and she chose this woman to be her very own.
My heart was moved as I realized that God chose us! HE CHOSE US! How precious we must be to Him in that He not only chose us, He purchased us at the cost of His own son's life! While we were dead in our trespasses and sins-separated from Him, while we were basically thumbing our noses at God, He chose us and Christ died to pay the ransom so that we could be family! It wasn't because we were special in our own right, it's because God is special and we were special to Him, which when you think about it, should make you feel pretty darned special!
There is no greater feeling in the world than to know that you are special to someone. When a person finally comes to realize how special they are to God, there is no other earthly feeling that can even come close to the joy of knowing that we have a special specialness - we are loved and wanted by Almighty God! Think about that today!
Today, I am thankful that I am especially special because I am loved by God.
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