I’ve heard the song, Spoken For by Mercy Me many times. However, recently I was listening to the song and I heard a phrase that I had not paid attention to before. It was “Child of the Risen Lord”. Now, the people who know me can attest to the fact that I often have no clue as to the actual lyrics of a song so there is no telling what I had been singing until the moment I realized it was “Child of the Risen Lord.” It hit me so profoundly that I started tearing up as I was driving. I was humbled beyond the point of explaination and at the same time, felt so proud to be “a child of The Risen Lord!” Wow! Does it get any better than that?
For many years I have had strong emotional reactions whenever anything was mentioned about adoption. Whether it’s Martina McBride’s song, Concrete Angel or John Michael Montgomery’s The Little Girl, or anytime that I hear about a little child needing a home and being adopted, I just tear up and start crying. I know that God has placed adoption on my heart (and Patrick’s as well) for a reason, but we’re still seeking His Will and the direction He wants us to take regarding adoption.
But I do know that once we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are adopted into His family. And in doing so, we are children of The Risen Lord! Some children who are adopted feel abandoned by their birth parents, while others understand that their parents loved them so much that they wanted what was best for them even if it meant giving them up for adoption. Whatever the circumstance, whether we are raised by our birth parents or by other family members or even parents of no blood relation, it doesn’t really matter to God. We are His Children and we are the children that He loved so much that He gave everything for us. He has already claimed us. We were wanted before we were born and He knew the number of hairs on our heads and everything about us. How incredible is it that we are His children! And how incredible is it that He is The Risen Lord! It just gives me chill bumps and makes me feel humble and so unworthy of all the blessings that He has given me and all the blessings that I cannot fathom that are waiting for me when I leave this world. It’s an inheritance that is there for the taking if we just believe.
It also doesn’t matter what country you’re from, or what socio-economic status. There is a bond that children of The Risen Lord have that is absolutely indescribable. When Patrick and I went to Grace Refuge church in Fortaleza, Brazil while on a mission trip this past summer, we experienced a connection with people we had never met before that can only be a connection of brothers and sisters of God’s family. We could not speak portuguese, so we could not communicate in words. However, this connection was so pure and full of love and excitement for the bond that we had in Christ Jesus, that words did not matter. We hugged and sang (or we did something because it was in portuguese!). We felt so at home at that church and so loved and as if we belonged there. Only through the love of the brothers and sisters of The Risen Lord, could people who could not communicate with words, say so much with hugs and the the love of Jesus flowing through us!
We are also commanded to tell others about Jesus and how they too can become adopted into this incredible family and become a child of The Risen Lord. Go now. Hell is just a heart beat away for many who are awaiting adoption into our family. We have to go and tell them about Jesus and all that He has done for us. Wherever they are, we have to go to them and pray for them, and one day, they too will stop in their tracks and fall to their knees and thank God that they are children of The Risen Lord!
Happy Valentine’s Day! What better love note to send than the message of the saving grace of our Lord Jesus! Love, Christy
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