I have enjoyed reading "Vinegar Boy" to our boys! This book is an historical fiction about a boy who was abandoned by his parents and shunned by society. He is sure that he will be adopted once Jesus removes His ugly birthmark that scars his cheek. The day he goes to be healed by Jesus is when he sees Jesus being crucified. . .I won't give away the rest of the story, but it did cause me to put myself at the foot of the cross once again. How would I have reacted? angry? speechless? sad?
I can't help but state the obvious. . .
I am thankful for Jesus' death and resurrection!
Without Jesus' sacrifice for us, we would not be adopted into His family!
This really hits home now with me, of course, thinking about Katarina. . .
Going through this process has been a lot of work and emotionally trying at times, but nothing compared to dieing for someone. Will I ever fully grasp what that means for Jesus to be the atoning sacrifice for my sins, so we can spend eternity together?
Oh, how I long to give Katarina love and a chance to have a family who loves her and cares for her, and to tell her about this man Jesus who died so that she could be a part of HIS family FOREVER!
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Sounds like an awesome book, I will have to check it out.
Isn't it amazing how God has already given you this huge amount of love for a child that is waiting on the other side of the world that you don't even know who she is?
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