Adopted

I am a natural-born child, so I don't know how an adopted child feels about his/her situation.
I remember a film I once saw where the mother told her adopted daughter: "You may not have come from my womb, but you were born in my heart."
To be adopted is to be chosen to be a part of something; to be chosen to have a connection with someone. It is not by chance. It is a choice by someone.
I am God's adopted child. God made a choice to call me His daughter. Will I really ever truly understand what this means? Will I ever fully act accordingly?

Jesus lights a fire

Fire transforms. From raw to cooked. Gold is purified. Material things turn to ashes.
Contact with fire is never indifferent.
So it is with our relationship with Jesus. If it is true and authentic, we cannot be the same person anymore.