Abandoned - Aborted

This is Jonah.

He needs a family.

He has Aperts Syndrome.

Aperts should not disqualify him from having a family.

Where he lives it does.

This is Heath. 

He needs a family.

He has Down Syndrome.

Down Syndrome should not mean that he should automatically be institutionalized.

In his country it does.

This is Easton.

He needs a family.

He has Cerebral Palsy.

Cerebral Palsy should not mean that he has to spend the rest of his life in a crib.

In his country he will.

This is Aaron.

He has Arthrogryposis.

Arthrogryposis should not mean that he is both physically and mentally disabled.

In his country it did.

In Eastern Europe, little ones like Jonah and Aaron and Easton and Heath are left at the hospital.

Abandoned.  Hidden.

But...

Are we any different in our country?

Do we have the right to point the finger?

Chances are - in our country - The good old United States of America -  Jonah and Aaron and Easton and Heath would not even have been born. 

They would have been aborted.

Aborted.

Abandoned.  Aborted.

Both Wrong.

Wrong.

Aborted.

I just can't bear the thought.

Aborting such a priceless treasure!

Jonah, Heath, Easton may look different on the outside but not on the inside.  In fact I bet the family who adopts them will have their worlds turned upside down.  They will be changed.

Forever changed.

  Those little guys - They are going to teach their families about love and laughter and joy.  They are also going to teach them about pain and struggle and sorrow.  Their hearts are going to be broken.  Over and over again broken.  They are going to have a greater grasp of love and redemption and grace.  Their relationship with God is going to change, grow deeper and become much more meaningful.  They are going to understand God's heart better because their hearts are going to be broken by the things that break God's heart.  They are going to begin to see as God does, to care as He does and to move and act as He does. They are going to wonder how in the world they ever survived without them.  Nothing in their lives will ever be the same because though they will cry and grieve, they will also laugh and rejoice and wonder at how they could ever have doubted and worried and wondered if it was good and right to cross the ocean to go get them.

They are going to marvel at how different the world looks because they chose to see and accept what the world can't see and accept.

What the world deems unacceptable.  What the world would abandon or abort.

How do I know?

 

Because we adopted an abandoned, discarded child who would have been aborted if he had been in this country and who has completely rocked our world.

And we will never, ever be the same.