Dictionary.com defines adoption as the process of bringing a child into one’s own family through legal means for the purpose of raising that child as your own. Almost all of us have some life experience with adoption. When a married couple says, “We are adopting,” we know that means they are going to legally bring a child (not biologically conceived by them) into their own family and raise that child in the same way as a child conceived biologically. They are adopting. They are eager to love a child with that kind of love. Adoption helps us understand and appreciate Christ’s love for us. Ephesians 1:1-14 contains 5 adjectives to describe this adopting love of God.