Broken Pieces
Adoption Day
Copyright 2006.
Written on the anniversary of our fire. We had a house fire that destroyed the upstairs in our home, we were out of the home for 3 months while they repaired the damage.
It was quite possible that the story in this song 'could have happened' in our family, had the fire occurred at a different time. So, this is a rather painful song for my family, especially my daughter, for obvious reasons.
However, the message in this song is extremely clear and important - God has adopted us as children, and while we
are ugly with sin, and the world cannot see past the ugliness of our sin, God wants to change us through the 'surgery
of Grace'.
Will you submit to His scalpel?
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Well, they lined us up that morning Like so many times before
And they told us to smile As they opened up the door.
In came couple after couple, And I could plainly see
It was Adoption Day… And no one wanted me.
The scars that marred my face just weren't an easy thing to hide
The fire that took my family Left me scarred up on the outside
And they looked at me in horror As they all just turned away
And I was always left behind… On Adoption Day.
Chorus:
Adoption Day! Adoption Day!
What a day to be rejected, and to hear the people say,
"Oh, my goodness, who could love her?"
"Oh, please take that thing away!"
It was ALWAYS cold… On Adoption Day.
Verse2:
But today, I turned around, Saw a man was standing there
With compassion in his eyes, And silver in his hair.
And he said that he'd been praying For a little girl like me
To come and be his daughter And join his family.
My new Daddy was a surgeon, And underneath his knife
I received a brand new face, Like I'd received a brand new life.
Now they look at me in wonder, at the change he made in me
Since the moment I was taken
On Adoption Day!
Chorus2:
Adoption Day! Adoption Day!
What a day to be accepted, And to hear the people say
"Oh my goodness, what a beauty! And she has her father's face!"
What a life I'd found On Adoption Day!
Verse3:
Deep inside, we're all like That little girl who lost her home,
Rejected by the world, and left to die there all alone.
For they can't see past the ugliness and scars from all our sin
To the little girl that's crying For a friend.
But our Father wants to free us from the orphanage of Sin
And give to us a father, a family, and a friend.
Day by day, He wants to change us, Through the surgery of Grace
Til His own Son is reflected
In our face.
Chorus3:
Adoption Day! Adoption Day!
What a day to be forgiven, have our sins all washed away!
And to daily be conformed into the image of His Son!
Oh, the Dad I found, on Adoption Day!