Adopted into the Family of Real Jesus

Adopted...by love itself.  That's an accurate, powerful, ternal definition of life with Real Jesus.  Wanted.  Chosen.  Loved.  Adopted.  Take a moment to take that in, to soak it up.  Because it's real.  Very, very real.  Real for someone who describes their "two adoptions" - yes to the family that adopted them as a baby; and yes, to God's "adopting me forever" at the time of their baptism.  Real for a girl who shocks her mother by inviting a girl to a fun kids' event who has repeatedly been mean to her.  She says, "It's BECAUSE she's mean that asked her to come."  And then the surprising answer a restaurant server gets to her question, "What are you hungry for today?... "Love".  And then what happens next could easily be described as pure, powerful, love-powered adoption.  Finally, a young child's words to the judge in court on the day she and her brother were officially adopted into a new family:  "When we love like Jesus, THAT love lasts forever, through anything!"