Adoption

Even though I don't think this girl is Chinese, this is one reason why I hope to some day adopt a Chinese girl.

Other than adopting them for their vocal talents, there's something very Gospel-like about adopting a Chinese girl. You are taking a girl with no parents, no one to care for her, who has done nothing to earn your favor (other than maybe being cute) and taking her in, claiming her as your own, giving her a family. You are taking a girl from a society where she is deemed not valuable because of her gender, a society where most of the love and respect must be earned, and replacing this life with an environment where she is loved and valued unconditionally (as much as a fallen human can love like that). And all this is free for her, but thousands of dollars for the adoptor.

Who knows, I may never end up adopting. But it makes me think how we should be relating the Gospel to people in every day circumstances. We don't have to go adopt someone to show them the Gospel, but we definitely should be giving more unmerited grace, more undeserved forgiveness, more unconditional love to people than we currently do. The Gospel is incredibly shocking. I am sure that if we treated people the way God treats us, they would be shocked, taken back, and maybe even see a glimpse of the true Gospel for the first time ever.