Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world.

Jesus called His followers to be a lot of things, but I have yet to find where He warned us to be safe.

Thankfully, God's plans do not seem to be affected much by my own.

Courage isn't about knowing the path, it's about taking the first step.

Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.

We are not called to be safe, we are simply promised that when we are in danger, God is right there with us. And there is no better place to be than in His hands.

We aren't really called to save the world-not even to save one person; Jesus does that. We are just called to love with abandon. We are called to enter into our neighbors' sufferings and love them right there.