A Father to the Fatherless...

I was asked to share at our church on Sunday, 

some of my experiences relating to being adopted.

 I was excited to have the opportunity,

 because I have something I love to share with people 

who are interested.

As I pondered how/what

 to share

 (I was to share to an audience that included small children), 

the Lord reminded me that often Scripture refers to Him

 being a father of the fatherless. 

So I decided to look up a Scripture about that,

 so I could use it at church. 

I also had in the back 

of my mind,

 the Scripture I LOVE about how He sets the lonely

 in families.

Lo and behold, 

the very Scripture I chose about Him being the Father

 to the fatherless 

is only one verse before the one 

about Him setting the lonely in families!

"He is a father to the fatherless,

defender of widows,

this is God, 

whose dwelling is holy.

God places the lonely in families,

He sets the prisoners free

and gives them joy,

but the He makes the

rebellious live in 

a sun-scorched land."

Psalm 68:5, 6

My heart leaps at those words.

To be a child of the everlasting Father,

who is truly a Father to the fatherless,

and to have been given a family

when I could not stay with

my birth parents,

is a blessing I do not take lightly.

I was bound with chains for many years.

Chains of bitterness over injustice

done against me...

chains of loneliness from

years of letting roots grow deep

in unbelief that God truly knows 

what He is doing in my world...

roots from believing satan's lies

that I am unwanted, 

unloved,

and uncared for,

common lies adopted children

are often bombarded with.

But the day that I stopped rebelling

against the wrongs brought to 

my life by the sin curse

and that were beyond my control,

is the day I started finding

complete healing.

The day I decided to 

let  Jesus be my everything

is the day I found

LIVING WATER

instead of the desert,

and the day I began 

to be completely whole.

Hallelujah!

There are sorrows in this world

too hard for us to bear alone.

But there is a Father to

the fatherless,

a God of justice and mercy,

whose Son came to

set every captive free,

who, in ways beyond our

human understanding,

takes the imperfections

in this world,

and makes beauty from ashes,

for our good

and His glory.

May He always receive 

praise and honor.

Love and blessings,

Marcia

PS
I write from my own experience,
and the chains that satan commonly
rattles for the fatherless.
I fully embrace and acknowledge
the fact that he rattles chains and
shoots fiery darts at every single
person who walks the face of the earth.
The Answer is the same for us all!