Caring for Orphans

God continues to stir my heart for orphans. The almost four years that God first called me to adopt a girl from China has grown into caring for more orphans. Throughout the Bible, God shows His love and compassion for orphans and we as believers need to be doing more. I believe the first thing is through prayer. I pray that the Lord will stir the hearts of other people who will take care of orphans. From what I have read there are 130 million orphans in the world. Little boys and girls that long to have a mommy and daddy to love and care for them. As it says in the Bible, God is the Defender of the orphans. I pray that He will set the lonely in families.

According to the Bible, Moses, Samuel, Esther, and Jesus were adopted. And we as believers were adopted into God's family when we trusted Christ as our Savior. That's how beautiful adoption is. I was not born into God's family...I was adopted. Ephesians 1:5 says, "In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ..."

If God loves us so much that He wants us to be adopted into His family, then I believe that we need to love and care for the orphans. I'm not saying that everyone is supposed to adopt a child, however I do think each of us should begin on our knees praying that patient and loving families will adopt a child. Ask God to protect orphans who have no place to call home. Also, please pray for waiting families who are anxious in getting their children.