BOB PEDEN
Ian Lewis of Standish, Lancashire, England, was interested in finding out about his family. He spent 30 years tracing his family tree back to the seventeenth century. He traveled all over Britain, talked to 2,000 relatives and planned to write a book about all he had learned. Then he found out he had been adopted when he was a month old and his real name was David Thornton. He resolved to start his family research all over again.
How frustrating for Ian! This is Bob Peden of Central United Methodist Church. This story reminds me that it makes no difference whether we trace our spiritual lineage by way of birth or adoption, because both images are used to express our relationship to God our Father. God is our Father by (re)birth and by adoption, we are both born and chosen into God's family! What a privilege to be a part of His family and share in such a rich inheritance!
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