Comforts of home

Unfortunately, too many children in this world will

never know "the comforts of home".

They eat off the streets,

They sleep in crowded orphanages,

They have no one to hold them

during a thunderstorm.

(Jorja gets very nervous in the rain -

it breaks my heart!)

or even worse, they are stolen from the streets

and forced into a life of sexual exploitation.

Kidnapped and Even in Dallas!

What am I going to do about this?

More importantly...

what does God tell me to do about this?

James 1:27 - "Religion that God our Father accepts

as pure and faultless is this:

to look after orphans and widow in their distress

and to keep oneself from being

polluted by the world.

2 Corinthians 5:15 - "... those who live should no longer

live for themselves but for him who died for them

and was raised again."

Psalms 27:10 - "though my father and mother forsake me,

the Lord will receive me."

He is the father to the fatherless,

Psalms 68:5, "A father to the fatherless,

a defender of widows,

is God in his holy dwelling."

"But, we are comfortable...

I like my life how it is right now..."

Matthew 6:19-21 -

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth...

but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven...

For where your treasures is,

there your heart will be also."

Does God want me to stay in my comfort zone?

or is he asking more of me?

God has blessed us with so much -

isn't time to give back to God,

by loving his people?

"Adoption is so expensive!"

Philippians 4:19 - "My God will meet all your needs

according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."

Sacrifices do have to be made -

often school clothes are purchased at a near new shop.

(but we would do that if we only had two kids :)

Sometimes we do have to say "no" to dinner out.

But is that really a sacrifice?

When we put this in perspective we are not really

sacrificing anything!

"I don't feel called to adopt"

I personally don't think everyone is called to adopt.

But we are called to care for the orphans and widows.

James 1:27.

I have numerous bloggy friends who are

in the process of adopting,

If God calls you to help them financially ...

praise be to God!

One More LadyBug

Nations Around Our Table

The Baker Sweets

Bringing Home Keira Joy

A Place Called Simplicity

To help our friends and share in their adoption journey -

we will be eating rice and beans for a week.

(I'd like to do this longer then a week -

we will see how the first weeks goes!)

(and it wont be this week because

I have already done the grocery shopping

and we would be wasting food and money.)

My dear friend Shonni shared this incredible idea

and our family will be

joining her family!

Yes, rice, beans, and noodles -

not a family favorite but,

that is not what it's about.

(I have to add the noodles -

keeps a bit of sanity in my household)

With this be fun? NOT!

Will we get tired of rice, beans and noodles? YES!

Will we get cranky? Probably!

Will it be worth it? YES!!!

How can we walk a mile in someone else's shoes

if we are afraid to take the first step?

People are starving!

We are spoiled!!!

Are we all talk and no action?

What will you sacrifice to help bring a child home

to the arms of their families?

and thank you to friends and families who

sacrificed their comfort to help us bring

Jorja and Jailyn home.