Adopted: Mari's Story
“His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure.” Ephesians 1:5(NLT) The above scripture resonates with me in two ways, I (Mari) am adopted and by the grace of God he adopted me. Immediately after my birth, I was placed in a Catholic orphanage for girls. Upon my placement, I was baptized and thusly named Maria Amrutham. Now, to some people because I don't follow Catholicism my baptism is invalid. It does irritate me to hear that, but that is my first tie to God so it means a lot to me. Having been connected with Unitarian Universalism; which pu lls from all religions , it made my j ourney confusing and complicat ed. It wasn't until I got engaged that God really spoke to me and called me to his family. I ended up having dreams of being at a fork in the road, with a hand on my shoulder pushing me in a lighted direction. It took me three separate occasions to realiz...