The least of these....

I have accepted that I will probably not adopt through the "healthy" children program. I am ok with that. The list of "special needs" is so vast that I could still get a child fairly easily who had a very minor need (like a birthmark!) and I would never have to worry about surgeries or long-term health care or whether we could afford the time or money involved. This is easy to agree to! The wait for a minor need like that is a bit longer than a more severe need, but still nothing compared to the wait for a "healthy" infant. Also, not a difficult decision to make.

Enter God.

Sunday. I don't even remember where I was or what I was doing when God told me this, but He told me clear as day. "Truly I tell you, whatever you do for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you do for me." One of the "lease of these". Yeah, I'm thinking that the "easy" special needs kids probably don't fall into this category. So, I go and take another peek at the waiting child list on a non-agency specific site. I could see myself bringing any of them home. My heart has been absolutely broken for these children!

I didn't tell D, though. I figured I had thrown enough crazy and stress and emotion his way over the whole "no agency will help us and I'm going to cry" part. Besides, how could I help "the least of these" without an agency to support me? I had time. Last night (Monday), he says "Speaking of adopting. Are you absolutely sure we aren't supposed to adopt a kid with some more significant needs?" BAM! There it is! So, I told him all about what God had told me the day before and I cried and told him about some of the kids on the list and cried some more. So, there it is. God is calling us to care for one of "the least of these".....or maybe more than one. ;-)

-V