Comments on: The Theology of Adoption http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/ Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:48:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: tcaggie http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-841 tcaggie Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:07:16 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/?p=791#comment-841 Mel - Thank you for your words of encouragement. Mel – Thank you for your words of encouragement.

]]> By: Mel Avila Alarilla http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Mel Avila Alarilla Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:01:40 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/?p=791#comment-840 Hi Tony, You have holy discontent and that is very good. You want to do everything to share the good news to others so that God will be glorified in your life. Just let the Holy Spirit accomplish His mission in your life. The world is so big and we can only do our small share to the best of our abilities. Just flow with the Holy Spirit where He will lead you and trust Him that He knows what's best for your life and your ministry. Don't make it too hard on yourself. God is working His own purpose for your life. Just be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and you will not feel that holy discontent. You are indeed admirable in your attitude towards God, your ministry and about the lost. God bless you more for that. Thanks for the post. God bless you always. Hi Tony,
You have holy discontent and that is very good. You want to do everything to share the good news to others so that God will be glorified in your life. Just let the Holy Spirit accomplish His mission in your life. The world is so big and we can only do our small share to the best of our abilities. Just flow with the Holy Spirit where He will lead you and trust Him that He knows what’s best for your life and your ministry. Don’t make it too hard on yourself. God is working His own purpose for your life. Just be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and you will not feel that holy discontent. You are indeed admirable in your attitude towards God, your ministry and about the lost. God bless you more for that. Thanks for the post. God bless you always.

]]> By: tcaggie http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-839 tcaggie Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:19:08 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/?p=791#comment-839 Marissa - it was a great conference. We purchased the entire DVD set of all of the main speakers and breakout sessions. It was a wealth of information. I left there in awe of how God was at work in the people there (both the speakers and the attendees). Brad - I couldn't agree more. Part of being the spiritual leader is "listening" to what God is saying to you and what he is saying to your wife. I think he sometimes speaks to her first because I don't always listen very well. Ann - I agree with you. The child we are adoping from Ethiopia was abandoned so we will not be able to connect him to his family but we will make teaching him about his Ethiopian heritage a priority. We are already studying about his culture as a family and we will be doing what we can to make his culture prominient in our lives. With the adoption agency we are working with, if the birth family is known, they will work with you to help you include that family in the child's life. I know that it is often more difficult with domestic adoptions as there are vairous laws that get in the way. I empathize with how frustrating and discouraging it must be for adopted children\adults to not be able to find out anything about their birth family. Tony Marissa – it was a great conference. We purchased the entire DVD set of all of the main speakers and breakout sessions. It was a wealth of information. I left there in awe of how God was at work in the people there (both the speakers and the attendees).

Brad – I couldn’t agree more. Part of being the spiritual leader is “listening” to what God is saying to you and what he is saying to your wife. I think he sometimes speaks to her first because I don’t always listen very well.

Ann – I agree with you. The child we are adoping from Ethiopia was abandoned so we will not be able to connect him to his family but we will make teaching him about his Ethiopian heritage a priority. We are already studying about his culture as a family and we will be doing what we can to make his culture prominient in our lives.

With the adoption agency we are working with, if the birth family is known, they will work with you to help you include that family in the child’s life.

I know that it is often more difficult with domestic adoptions as there are vairous laws that get in the way. I empathize with how frustrating and discouraging it must be for adopted children\adults to not be able to find out anything about their birth family.

Tony

]]> By: Ann http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Ann Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:47:13 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/?p=791#comment-838 The Semetic tradition of adoption, Jewish and Arab, considered adoption as a good work. Jews refer to it as a mitzvah. In the Islamic tradition it is forbidden to obscure the adoptee's origins. His family of origin (birth) is still an important part of his Heritage and its preservation an obligation. That in no way negates the contribution that someone makes when they adopt a child not of their own blood. My adoptive parents were Christian but they understood that and sought to help me uncover the birth heritage that was denied to me as an adoptee. I hope that as you explore this ministry, you will find yourself drawn to righting the wrongs in how adoption is practiced in this nation of which the secrecy is only one. The Semetic tradition of adoption, Jewish and Arab, considered adoption as a good work. Jews refer to it as a mitzvah. In the Islamic tradition it is forbidden to obscure the adoptee’s origins. His family of origin (birth) is still an important part of his Heritage and its preservation an obligation. That in no way negates the contribution that someone makes when they adopt a child not of their own blood. My adoptive parents were Christian but they understood that and sought to help me uncover the birth heritage that was denied to me as an adoptee. I hope that as you explore this ministry, you will find yourself drawn to righting the wrongs in how adoption is practiced in this nation of which the secrecy is only one.

]]> By: brad http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-837 brad Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:08:48 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/?p=791#comment-837 Tony, I am so encouraged to see you back at blogging! I can so relate to this. Not so much the specific ministry that God is calling you to (as important as it is), but missing what God was doing, pointing me to, while my wife saw more clearly and knew in her heart. Thank God we don't have to walk through life only doing things we want or feel are God's will. I can't tell you how many times I have found God's will in where my wife's heart is and the direction she is going in her faith. God has given us a helpmate for so many reasons, but one I have so often overlooked in my marriage is discovering God's will for my life. I am listening and watching her more and more as I search for the will of God. peace & grace in Christ, brad Tony,

I am so encouraged to see you back at blogging!

I can so relate to this. Not so much the specific ministry that God is calling you to (as important as it is), but missing what God was doing, pointing me to, while my wife saw more clearly and knew in her heart. Thank God we don’t have to walk through life only doing things we want or feel are God’s will. I can’t tell you how many times I have found God’s will in where my wife’s heart is and the direction she is going in her faith. God has given us a helpmate for so many reasons, but one I have so often overlooked in my marriage is discovering God’s will for my life. I am listening and watching her more and more as I search for the will of God.

peace & grace in Christ,
brad

]]> By: Marissa http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2009/06/05/the-theology-of-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Marissa Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:23:25 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/?p=791#comment-836 I stumbled across this and was so thankful to find it. I was supposed to attend the conference but didn't. I was really interested in the Theology of Adoption breakout session and I'm glad to have it summed up here for me. :) I can't wait to read more about your ministry! I stumbled across this and was so thankful to find it. I was supposed to attend the conference but didn’t. I was really interested in the Theology of Adoption breakout session and I’m glad to have it summed up here for me. :)

I can’t wait to read more about your ministry!

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