When adoption fails, the gospel is denied...

This might be my new favorite website. Read the article, but if you don't have time, I will kindly excerpt my favorite part.

"The wonder of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is this - not one of us is worthy of adoption. In our sinfulness, not one of us has any claim on the Father's love, much less a right to adoption. But, the infinitely rich mercy of God is shown to us in Christ, in whom believers are adopted by the Father. And this adoption, thanks be to God, is eternal and irreversible.

We have been given adoption as a gift and as a sign of the Gospel. The adoption of any child is a portrait of God's grace. Just as every earthly marriage points in some way to the marriage supper of the Lamb, every adopted child is a pointer to the Gospel. Thus, any failure in adoption is a slander to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

When adoption fails - whatever the reason - the Gospel is denied."

Thanks to Albert Mohler for letting me link to his site.