I applaud Russell Moore's 33 Responses to “On Adoption and Orphan Care: A Proposed
Resolution.” 


     Jesus said in John 14:18, "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." According to the U.N., there are approximately 145 million orphans in the world today.
     Can we be like Jesus, opening our beating hearts and stretching our empty arms across the oceans to help destitute orphans who need our love?  Can we risk a little to sacrificially give these little ones the knowledge of the Real Hope Giver? Can we love until it hurts? Can we remove ourselves from our comfort zone of blackberries, iPhones, plasma TV screens, and Starbucks Lattes to feel an orphan's pain and hear her stifled cries for love? If only for a moment, can we enter into the presence of God and allow Him to stir our hearts and move us in ways not our own? 
     But for the grace of God, go I. Without Jesus, we are all orphans. Let's show the world that Christians are indeed known by their love—enough to change the world one life at a time.
     Pray how God would lead you. Pray that He would prompt you to open your wallet. Pray that He would show you how to get involved. Let Him touch your heart as He whispers to your soul. Someday, when you stand before the Heavenly Father's throne, when all else has been left behind but the souls for which Jesus died, you will be able to say, "I surrendered my heart and mind to the endless possibilities You gave me, Lord Jesus. I saved one child out of hopelessness, just as You saved me."
     Don let it be, if only.