Loving Children Because We Love Our Children

A common concern people express about us adopting is the impact it will have on the two children we have already. We have thought a lot about this, certainly, and have already begun teaching our children (and reminding ourselves) in a loving way that nothing we have is really ours, that God directs our futures and who He wants us to serve and love,.....I could go on. But one new aspect that we want to make our children aware of is not that we feel incomplete as a family with just the two of them or are diregarding them, but rather because of them and our increasing love for them, God has put an even stronger desire in us to love and protect other children. It would be the easier thing to do to sit back and delight in what amazing children we were able to have an raise, be safe and content. But as we see our children grow- in health, love, Spirit, wisdom, maturity....we are heart broken for all the children who have not had the same love and nurture to grow in these ways. We know that God sees them and cares, and we have to do something! So we pray for the Spirit to continue to make it clear to our children that they have had, and will continue to have a special part in how God has been revealing the glory of adoption to us and hope that they will be excited to 'do the will of God and finish His work' with us. (John 4:34)