How do Alexander the Great, George Washington Carver, Art Linkletter, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Lennon and Steve Jobs have in common? They all were accepted.
Writers Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, James Michener, and Mark Twain were adoptees. You’ll find their names on a list of famous adoptees posted on http://celebrities.adoption.com.
Aristotle is top of the list and so does John J. Audubon. Actresses on the list include Halle Berry, Melissa Gilbert as well as Marilyn Monroe. Politicians such as The President Gerald Ford, President Bill Clinton as well as Nelson Mandela were adoptees.
The singers Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Faith Hill, and Sarah McLachlan are listed. The footballer/commentator Tim Green and former #2 rusher in the NFL Eric Dickerson, along with Hall of Fame baseball player Jim Palmer and Olympic figure skater Scott Hamilton were all raised by somebody different than their birth parents.
One of the most well-known adoptees from recent times was Dave Thomas. He established a fast-food chain known as Wendy’s. Dave Thomas was adopted by an unnamed couple from Kalamazoo, Michigan at the age of 6 months. He founded an organization that aims to ensure that “every child has a permanent home and an affectionate family.” His foundation is geared towards raising awareness of adoption.
I have had the pleasure of hearing Lee Ezell share her personal story. After being the victim of a physical assault Lee found out she was pregnant. A single, young woman She decided to give her child up to adoption. Twenty years after, Lee was shocked to hear a voice at the other side of the phone saying, “Hi, I’m Julie and your mother is my daughter.” Julie has said, “I am so thankful that I was welcomed and loved by a family that is special, but also to have the opportunity to get to know and love the mother I was born to.”
Adoption is an legal procedure by which individuals claim as their own child that wasn’t birthed by them. I’ve read that children adopted have the same rights as children that are born to their parents which includes inheritance rights. the property of their parents.
Since the beginning of humankind families have been forged through adoption. We are told about adoption throughout the Bible. We found out in Exodus chapter 2 of an Egyptian princess who adopted an Hebrew baby and enlisting his mother to care for the baby. Moses (that is his Egyptian title) was born in the Pharaoh’s house.
A little girl named Esther who was born without parental figures was adopted by her uncle Mordecai. The story of her life can be read in the book Esther. She was later crowned Queen of Persia.
As per Unger’s Bible dictionary Adoption is also considered a biblical term used to describe the act performed by God that allows a sinner who repents is accepted into the household of God as if the person was born into the family and had all rights and privileges that come with being the child.
The Apostle Paul states in his letter that Jesus came into the world and died “to make us whole so in order to grant us the adoption” as daughters and sons (Galatians 4:1-4). The possibility of rebirth to God’s family God by the sacrifice of Christ for our forgiveness of sins.
-” Jan White has compiled a collection of her columns in her book “Everyday Faith for Daily Life.”
The article COLUMN: You and I are able to get adopted in the loving family of God was first published in The Andalusia Star-News.
