Perhaps you saw the story on the news about a couple who had adopted a little girl when she was only two or three weeks old. They accepted the child into the home. They grew to love the child. They watched her grow and develop. But, for some reason, the little girl didn't grow and develop normally. She is now two-and-one-half years old and the doctors have told these adoptive parents that their little girl is mentally retarded and she will never be the normal child they wanted.

The reason this story made the news is because the adoptive parents no longer want the child. They have sued in court to relinquish their parental rights and return custody of the child to the adoption agency.

When I heard that story on the news, I remembered a couple who were members of a previous church I pastored…