Our "Redemption" . . an amazing thing

God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do and it gave him great pleasure. (Ephesians 1: 5,6) 

According to the Bible, I was born into the desperate situation of being a sinner, separated from God.

 There is nothing that I could have ever done on my own

 to rescue myself out of my desperate condition and great need for salvation!

Before we knew how desperate our situation was, our Lord, who died for our sins, LOVED us and had worked to rescue us and bring us into relationship with Himself.

We are  sought-after,

Desired 

                     Beloved  

                                          Ransomed 

 . .and He placed His love on us and longed to call us HIS OWN!

Before I had a name, HE had named me, loved me, and I was known by Him.

Faraway, in the Congo . .. there is a little baby girl whom I have named!

She has NO IDEA how desperate her condition is!

TO others, she might be labelled  ..."unwanted."

Others who know of her, might think she's been abandoned, left alone, orphaned.

HOWEVER . . .that is so very FAR from the truth! 

What this babe doesn't know is that for months, I  (and others) have been working to bring her to myself!  .. to bring her into a safe place, a loving family.

She doesn't know that she is      . . .  LOVED 

SOUGHT AFTER        LONGED FOR     WANTED

Some day, she will be adopted and given a new name!

That day, all that I have becomes hers!

She will have a NEW life and will have the fullness of my love, my time, my possessions.

She will have a new family. She will have RELATIONSHIP! 

She doesn't know that there is someone far far away who loves her so much, that she will willingly give all that she has to redeem her,

                                                           and bring her into her family!

She is valued. She is precious in my sight. She is accepted and I CAN'T WAIT for her to be mine!

Today, I'm freshly aware of the cost and the blessings of MY Redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ, and I am so very grateful  for my adoption into His family!