Adoption Ink

"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."-John 1:12, NIV

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"-1 John 3:1, NIV

Jimmy was pretty young when his single mom married the man Jimmy would come to know as "Dad." It turned out to be a real good move, and Randy turned out to be a real good dad! At the time, nobody thought the procedure of adoption was needed.

Jimmy was about 42 years old when somehow the subject came up. Randy started thinking about what it would take to proceed with adoption. He learned that a few phone calls and forms to fill out was all that was required (Ji...