Simple Obedience

Its Tiny.

Its holding.

Its not loving your child, but loving His child.

Its a blessing.

What a joy it was to care for you Baby J.  We pray you find a forever home that is godly.

We pray that you would come to know your creator.

The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

The Good: We received two phone calls in the last 24 hours about foster care placements.
The Bad: Beds are still empty, our home was not chosen for these little lives.
The Ugly: Emotions went from excited to tears while digging for chocolate in the pantry.

This is hard… and its only the beginning.

To hear that your home was not chosen is a tough pill to swallow.  Really?!? Do they not realize that we are those border line crazy people who want to take in a dozen kids and need to get started on this "Calling" before it doesn't work into OUR timing.  Ha.  What a day to step back, be still, and live out what it means to trust His plan.  I knew it was a hard road, but until today I did not understand.  We want to love on these kids, but we have to get them into our home first.  PATIENCE PATIENCE.  He whispers these words and they echo in my heart.  Today, I prayed for babies I probably will never see.  Today, God brought us closer to Him and increased our desire to love the least of these.  Ps 68.5: "God places the lonely in families."  Oh that He would use us to fulfill those words.  

I write this tonight to be vulnerable and to invite you who read to pray for our family.  Pray that God would bring precious children who need a home, that we would be patient and trust in His timing.  Most of all, that He would use us to make an impact.  What an incredible thought: that all children would have a loving family to teach them of the God who formed them.  That all children would believe that they are fearfully and wonderfully made.