Generosity Simply Conceived

Shaun Groves:

Just six of the zillion things adoption has taught me: 

1. Generosity is simple. 

In 2007, I visited an Ethiopian orphanage, trying not to make eye contact with any of the little ones around me in need of a father. I’ve always found avoidance to be the surest way to never feel bad about saying “no.” My brother-in-law, who was adopting from Ethiopia, was there with me. “Maybe we’ve made it too complicated,” he said. (I knew by “we” he meant “me.”) “What if God’s will for our life is found wherever someone’s need and our ability intersect?” 

Today, if I don’t look away, I’m bound to see someone with a need that matches my ability.