34% of Christians consider adoption. The majority of them will never follow through, let alone even start—less than 1% actually.

Don’t know the author and wonder in a distracted way about the definition of “Christian” and the source of the statistics. More to the point, my wife and I have adopted 2 wonderful children - the youngest kids in my picture. After our oldest was born, no more kids came. No idea why, except that God did not bless us that way. We talked about adoption for several years. However, in full-time ministry, the money was prohibitive for a private adoption.

While I do not wish to negate the author’s proposal, I would encourage every Christian family to consider foster care. Many are afraid of the process, having heard a litany of horror stories. I would only tell you to talk to folks who have actually been foster parents before making your mind up. God worked out the details for us (dare I say?) miraculously. Two months after being certified we had a placement. We had signed up for a single child under two. When the CPS worker initially called, she asked if we would consider taking two kids, siblings, who were 3 and 1. We agreed. We expected a 3-5 year process before would even know if the kids would be placed for adoption or returned to their biological parents. Instead, we became the adoptive parents of Tyler and Carly in about 18 months.

There were (and are) struggles, but what parenting adventure isn’t frought with struggle? We are so blessed - and there are so many children in foster care waiting for families. No raising money - state pays adoptive fees. The blessing of seeing these kids growing in the nurture of the Lord is so exciting. Give it a thought!