Adoption is tough. You might dive into the adoption pool not knowing a single person that has ever adopted or you might dive in surrounded by people with years of experience that are ready to lend you a hand with whatever comes your way. We jumped in blind. NOT.KNOWING.A.SINGLE.SOUL. But we paddled around, splashed our way around the pool, tried to stay away from the warm spots, and eventually found a few friends that didn't splash us in the face or dunk us under the water just because they could. That was seven months ago. Today I'd like to think I know just a smidgeon more than I did back then.
But one thing I have learned is this, and it applies not only to adoption but just to life in general: You don't let people fall through the cracks. You don't just worry about yourself and what you have... If you are so busy counting your money that you don't have the time to look up and see someone else drowning, much less jump in to do something about it... well, you aren't someone I want to know. There is a story in the Bible about a man on a stretcher who needed to be healed and lo and behold Jesus was coming to town!! But the house where Jesus was preaching was FULL. I mean the house was full, the courtyard was full, even the streets were full and this was in no way good news for a guy that can't walk... So Jesus was sitting in this courtyard and he was preaching but it was hot and the sun was too bright so they laid a roof over the courtyard trying to help Jesus and this big ol crowd out a bit. Now all these people that came to see Jesus weren't all into Him, the Pharisees made a big ol show about serving God, but it was all show and they were there just to find something evil about Jesus so they could run back and talk bad about him. Now, ya'll listen up... here Jesus was preaching, and all of the sudden WHAM!!! the roof was being ripped off above his head...What in the world?!?! So they look up and they see this man on a stretcher being let down THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE ROOF... by his four friends. This man knew Jesus could heal him, he knew it but he couldn't get to Jesus for all of the crowds... And HIS FOUR FRIENDS knew they couldn't carry him through the crowd but they had to do something.. THEY LIFTED HIM UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE TOP OF THE HOUSE AND STARTED TO TEAR THE ROOF SO THEY COULD GET THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS. And our Lord and Saviour knew this man believed with all of his heart and his friends believed that Jesus could cure this man. And you know what... HE DID!! "Be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven." And that man picked up his bed, held his shoulders back and WALKED his healed self outta there
But if that man had not had friends that said WE WILL CARRY YOU! We love you and we will TEAR OFF A ROOF for you.. this man would not have been healed. This man wasn't a rich man, he wasn't some big poobah that had money to throw around. He was paralyzed, he had nothing. But Jesus didn't care, his friends didn't care. He deserved to be healed, his faith healed him, not what was in his bank account, what circles of money he traveled in. It was his faith.
Right now tonight I have a friend. Her name is Sara Beamish. She lives in Canada and she and her husband, Mike, are adopting a little six year old girl named Kameron. Kameron has lived SIX YEARS in an orphanage. She was transferred out of the baby house before Sara could get to her. Sara has done incredible things for her friends. Heck, she wrote a post today asking for people to help ME out.. AND SHE IS LEAVING IN THREE DAYS to get her little girl. She needs help. She needs Come to Jesus Help. Her and Mike have tried to borrow money, they have asked all their family and friends, they applied for Canada's ONE AND ONLY GRANT and were rejected. This is Kameron...
But one thing I have learned is this, and it applies not only to adoption but just to life in general: You don't let people fall through the cracks. You don't just worry about yourself and what you have... If you are so busy counting your money that you don't have the time to look up and see someone else drowning, much less jump in to do something about it... well, you aren't someone I want to know. There is a story in the Bible about a man on a stretcher who needed to be healed and lo and behold Jesus was coming to town!! But the house where Jesus was preaching was FULL. I mean the house was full, the courtyard was full, even the streets were full and this was in no way good news for a guy that can't walk... So Jesus was sitting in this courtyard and he was preaching but it was hot and the sun was too bright so they laid a roof over the courtyard trying to help Jesus and this big ol crowd out a bit. Now all these people that came to see Jesus weren't all into Him, the Pharisees made a big ol show about serving God, but it was all show and they were there just to find something evil about Jesus so they could run back and talk bad about him. Now, ya'll listen up... here Jesus was preaching, and all of the sudden WHAM!!! the roof was being ripped off above his head...What in the world?!?! So they look up and they see this man on a stretcher being let down THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE ROOF... by his four friends. This man knew Jesus could heal him, he knew it but he couldn't get to Jesus for all of the crowds... And HIS FOUR FRIENDS knew they couldn't carry him through the crowd but they had to do something.. THEY LIFTED HIM UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE TOP OF THE HOUSE AND STARTED TO TEAR THE ROOF SO THEY COULD GET THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS. And our Lord and Saviour knew this man believed with all of his heart and his friends believed that Jesus could cure this man. And you know what... HE DID!! "Be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven." And that man picked up his bed, held his shoulders back and WALKED his healed self outta there
But if that man had not had friends that said WE WILL CARRY YOU! We love you and we will TEAR OFF A ROOF for you.. this man would not have been healed. This man wasn't a rich man, he wasn't some big poobah that had money to throw around. He was paralyzed, he had nothing. But Jesus didn't care, his friends didn't care. He deserved to be healed, his faith healed him, not what was in his bank account, what circles of money he traveled in. It was his faith.
Right now tonight I have a friend. Her name is Sara Beamish. She lives in Canada and she and her husband, Mike, are adopting a little six year old girl named Kameron. Kameron has lived SIX YEARS in an orphanage. She was transferred out of the baby house before Sara could get to her. Sara has done incredible things for her friends. Heck, she wrote a post today asking for people to help ME out.. AND SHE IS LEAVING IN THREE DAYS to get her little girl. She needs help. She needs Come to Jesus Help. Her and Mike have tried to borrow money, they have asked all their family and friends, they applied for Canada's ONE AND ONLY GRANT and were rejected. This is Kameron...
Kameron has fallen through the cracks for six years. Kameron deserves to come home and sleep in a bed that isn't in a room full of kids that no one wants. She needs to be with Sara. Sara needs her daughter. She's already lost a daughter she loves. You really want her to have to struggle to get to Kameron? This is Kameron,
Tell Kameron you don't have $20 dollars to help bring her home. Tell Kameron that you need that hundred dollars to go on vacation. Kameron has fallen through the cracks. She has waited six years and NO ONE HAS COME FOR HER. But Sara is. Mike is. And we are going to help them.
You see, you don't let people fall through the cracks like Mike or Sara or Kameron. You don't say well I'm sorry you don't have any rich friends that can help you. You don't say I have to worry about my own adoption, I have to protect my money... You don't beg people for money when you have plenty. YOU BLESS PEOPLE LIKE MIKE AND SARA AND KAMERON BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED YOURSELF.... BE A BLESSING... It shouldn't be that you have to be rich or have rich friends or family to be able to adopt, to be able to love a child and give them a wonderful life. You shouldn't have to say well we can only help ourselves or we are only going to focus on this one child so Sara, Mike and Kameron are on their own.
YOU SHOULD BE TEARING THE ROOF OFF FOR SARA!! YOU SHOULD BE CARRYING KAMERON TO JESUS, NOT WORRIED ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET THERE!!! SARA NEEDS US. SHE NEEDS ALL OF US TO PICK UP KAMERON AND LIFT HER UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SHE NEEDS US TO RIP AND TEAR THAT ROOF OFF. I DON'T CARE IF YOUR BACK HURTS OR YOU JUST HAD YOUR NAILS DONE, YOU NEED TO STARTING RIPPING A HOLE IN THAT ROOF. KAMERON CAN'T WAIT, SARA AND MIKE ARE LEAVING ON SUNDAY. THIS SUNDAY. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO FIND SO AND SO A FAMILY.. WE NEED TO HELP OUR SISTER OUT. HER CHILD IS WAITING AND SARA IS RUNNING AS FAST AND AS HARD AS SHE CAN TO GET TO HER. WE ARE THE HANDS AND FEET OF OUR LORD. LIKE THE FRIENDS THAT CARRIED THIS MAN TO JESUS, WE NEED TO CARRY SARA. WE CAN NOT LET HER FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT GIVING? WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT REPOSTING? WELL, I HAD TO THINK OF MYSELF. NO. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. What would Jesus do??.... WHAT WOULD JESUS DO???
Sara needs us to tear the roof off. Kameron is waiting... She can't do it by herself. She needs you. Don't let her fall through the cracks.
Be a part of the miracle. Don't think of yourself. For one minute stop and say today I am not going to stand by and let it be someone else's problem. I will help you Sara. I will tear this roof off. I will stand with you, I will lift your little girl up.
Sara, I love you. I will tear the roof off for you. I will lift Kameron up. You will not fall through the cracks today.
Click on Kameron's picture on the sidebar to help bring her home or go to her family's blog HERE.
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Thank you my friend, thank you!! The next 50 people to donate $25 or more get a free pendant from Sarah's Treasure Box on Etsy (awesome) and Melanie is offering a beautiful bar of homemade soap (can you say Rootbeer smelling soap, yum) to EVERYONE who donates $30 or more. Leaving you shipping address on the chip in so Mel can send some soap. Changing lives and smellin good!! Let's tear the roof off for Kameron!!!
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