Job 29:12 (KJV)
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.





A story made popular in the news caught my eye.

It speaks of a young man who cried in church for a family... he wanted to be adopted. There was a lot of attention, a media frenzy, as well as an out pouring of offers of adoption from individuals across the country.

Reference: Lane DeGregory, Tampa Bay Times


Now all of this is fine and dandy, but it still boils down to a lot of "Hoop-La." My questions are these...


Where was the attention or the offers before his plea became public?


Why does the media (in general) wait for angles and public appeal before jumping on the bandwagon?


Why do we generally wait on the media?


While I might be willing to give a pass to the media as an institution, I can not give a pass to the individual, especially not to those who follow Christ.


Everyday, as we go about our hustle and bustle, there are a countless number of children who languish without notice in the adoption system. For the most part we only recognize their existence on those occasions, such as this one, that spring to our attention in the news media. And in our attention - we seem quite comfortable in allowing ourselves not to notice or acknowledge their presence.



America boasts of a Christian Heritage, something that is also being debated in recent times. For the sake of argument, lets say that "We Are" a nation of Christians. If Christian, then we are failing. We've failed because we have dropped the ball on the poor, the fatherless, and those that have none to help them.


In private it's easy to say things like...

It's not my fault.
It's not my problem.
It's none of my business.
They're not my children.


All of these are excuses. They're excuses... being offered to justify an individual's lack of humanity. This is even more profoundly true of anyone, who, insists on being identified as Christian.

Why are we so afraid to practice righteousness and perform those acts of kindness that we know to be good?



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