I love, love, love this blog I came across tonight. This week we are possibly welcoming another baby into our home.. (Maybe for a little, maybe forever.) Either way - I am begging you to read this and to step up to the plate for us/with us. Sometimes this journey sucks for everyone involved. (The birth parents, the foster parents, the case workers, and mostly the little ones.) This blogger says two things that stand out to me.... two things that I ask our church family, family, and friends to remember... 1. We pray that believers everywhere will join us and risk becoming “too attached” for the sake of the children in need, and the glory of the One who alone makes such risk possible. (I acknowledge that it is hard for our extended family to wrap their minds around this whole process, but we need you to show any child in our home the same love and attention you would show Holden and Ezra. If you are a Christian then you have absolutely no excuse... you can do it!) 2. Jesus says, “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:39). I havent heard many people say good things about foster care and foster parenting. SO I AM TELLING YOU that the JOY has outweighed the heartbreak each and every time. (And I am confidently speaking for my husband and my sons too! Our lives are better because of this opportunity to step outside of our comfort zone and love these kids God chose for us.) Dont write it off - if you have any desire at all, pursue it. It has been the best decision we have made... even when I am tired and discouraged and beg God to just let us adopt.... cbmw.org/family/parenting/wanted-parents-willing-to-get-too-attached/?utm_content=buffer53522&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:18:09 +0000
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