Mothers
placing their children for adoption often face many challenges along
the way. One of the greatest obstacles can be perceiving adoption as
abandonment. But a mother who determines that making an adoption plan is
best for her child isn’t deserting her child. Rather, she is following
the example of Christ’s sacrificial love on the Cross in choosing a
life-giving option that she has determined is ultimately in the best
interest of her child, even at great cost to herself. The Letter to the
Hebrews reminds us that, in the face of fears and trials, we can “hold
fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the
soul, sure and firm” (Heb 6:18-19). We pray that each expectant mother
will be filled with “the peace of God that surpasses all understanding”
(Phil 4:7) as she decides which life-giving option is best for her
child. Let us all cling fast to the anchor of hope, for we have received
“a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, ‘Abba, Father!’” (Rom
8:15). | 
