Hosive

there have been a few themes i’ve been trying to plant in people’s heads at vision church…that the reality of god will be brought about and seen in the actions of mostly ordinary people…everyday folks following the lead of god’s spirit that won’t draw much attention. as opposed to the loud, bright, booming spectacles and programs(and people) that we, the church have been enamored(addicted)with. we see in matthew’s gospel, joseph quietly follows the direction of god…and while mary usually gets the credit, joseph’s humble obedience is a forgotten gamechanger. what he does is he adopts jesus as his own….check the genealogy.

adoption appeals to believers because it tells the our story of faith in a tangible way. no blah blah blah or theological debating or wrangling(which has not done a good job of showing jesus at all)….but adoption communicates the love we’ve experienced when god takes us in and we become his children with all the rights and privileges…no class system…no awkward distinctions…a full relationship via the power of love. imagine if adoption was the reaction we had to social issues like abortion, poverty or aids instead of endless debates…..gamechanger.

our friends have been taking kids in for a few years now…and everytime i tell them what a great thing they are doing, they ask me what i mean. they are puzzled thinking what they do is something commonplace. i’ve lost track of how many kids they have opened their homes to. i joke that once believers start adopting, they have like 9. so its zero or a ton! currently they have 3 with one of their own on the way. without fanfare, they mentioned that their kids were on tv…cbs wanted to do a story on their youngest girls. so i looked it up.

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i am in awe.