There's a story tht floats around adoption circles, actually around a lot of circles, and it goes like this....There is a little boy walking down the beach covered in thousands of starfish that have washed up on the shore. The little boy is picking them up one at a time and throwing them back into the ocean. An old man walks up to him and asks him why he bothers. "You can't possibly make a difference to all these starfish." The little boy picks up one more and throws it into the water and says, "But I made a difference to this one."
No human being can save all 147 million orphans in the world today. It's easy to get overwelmed and throw up your hands and say, "There's nothing I can do." But there is!!!!
Everyone of us can pray. I don't mean a nice "Please save the orphans" kind of prayer. I mean the down on your knees pleading with God to save one particular orphan. Find one kid who needs a family and beg God like your praying for your own childs life. Orphan care IS spiritual warfare. If you don't believe me, get involved and you will see the forces of evil rise up against you. Fortunately, you will also see the awesome power of God like you can't believe unless you've seen it.
Raise money. Find a particular child and raise money for that child. Many times families would love to adopt but the cost of international adoption is not feasible. If that child has money in his or her fund, families without a lot of resources can pursue that adoption. Find a family thats in the process of adoption and fundraise for them. Find a particular orphanage that needs your help. You can do a million different fundraisers from yard sales to spagetti dinners to walk-a-thons. Yes, all of those things take work but how much work is too much to save the life of a child?
Adopt. Yes, I just wrote the "A" word. Why is that so scary? Yes it maybe hard. Yes it will take a lot of money and work but again, how much is too much to give to literally save the life of a child? Isn't the Body of Christ called to do the hard things that the world won't do? Aren't we supposed to help "the least of these"? Why are we not doing that? Why are we putting our comfort above what Christ has called us to do?
What are you going to sacrifice to save one child????
