I am chosen by God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ to be His Daughter ~ Ephesians 1:4,5
I am completely and fully accepted into The Family of God, never more an orphan to be ~ Ephesians 2:19
When my “Hubby” and I first married, we were determined to learn everything we could about our new family dynamic. We are a step-family. That was almost 22 years ago. One of the first things we learned was that the word “step” in step-famiy was taken from an Old English word, “steop”. It means bereaved or orphaned (lacking a parent).
Little did I know that I would learn many things about that little word, “steop”. I know what it is to choose and accept children into my family, in several different ways. I have step-kids, I have a step-grandson, I have a beautiful child in east Asia that is anything but out of sight and out of mind (we love and support her in many ways), and I have an adopted grand-daughter and grand-son from Africa.
But the most wonderful thing I have learned about the word “steop” is this. I was once orphaned, but now I am a chosen daughter of God the Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, never more an orphan to be.
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