I hadn't noticed what you said, but after reading your prayer I have to agree with you. Prayer: Lord Jesus, I agree with this person's prayer request. (But background knowledge for one possible reason of relationship concerns we bring to Christ: I know I have in the past about my birth family because adoption has caused all types of heartache, including relationship doubts. Many of adoptees already suffer from fear of abandonment (even when our birth parents surrendered us out of love or concern for well-being. Even when we have fabulous parents that adopted us, loved us, fed us, clothed us....just as God adopted us as His children as stated in the Bible. Often times our fear of abandonment is well-founded. We don't really fit in with our birth family--if we are fortunate to know any of them--- and we don't fully fit in with our family that adopted us. Essentially it seems to me, many of us become extraordinary in becoming high achievers, the most perfect child we can become for our adopted parents because we want to feel loved, feel like they'll keep us. We try very hard to fit in. It seems also in my estimation that those of us who cannot live up to expectations we impose upon ourselves or expectations our adoptive family has for us, we tend to become highly rebellious--almost as if we are pressing down upon a 'self-destruct' button. Of course every situation is unique and so are our responses, but stats bear our these truths. We truly need God to rescue us and my prayer is that every adopted person read the Psalms daily if possible, grow a deep and sincere faith in Christ Jesus and a personal relationship with him. It's the only way we'll survive and thrive. *Note: Even seemingly well-adapted adoptees, high achievers, have fleeting thoughts of spontaneous suicide. We don't know how long we can keep it up.
