You may or may not know, but Chris and I feel called to be foster parents. I had it in my head first, but after the adoption conference we went to last year, God totally planted it in Chris’ heart and started the fire burning. We were going to get certified before I left for Africa, but as everything is in God’s timing, He held us back (and now we see why).
I ran across this blog through an awesome friend who is currently fostering some beautiful girls. This post really affected me. Here are some highlights:
It is time for the Christian community to put up or shut up regarding foster children. It is time for… the 130,000 children in the United States of America to quit languishing in foster care and find forever families. It is time that we put aside everything that is keeping us from stepping up to the plate, and step out in faith. It is time for the world to see more than a poster touting our views on abortion and see us in the throws of the 24/7 that IS adoption.
It is time for risk-taking and soul-searching and fact-finding and life-living. It is time that we-the Body of Christ- are more than just words…that we are the hair-combing, wound-binding, hand-holding, shoulder-bearing hands and feet of our Savior to children who, through no fault of their own, wind up in a system that sometimes could really care less.
Wow… I mean, wow. I love that last sentence; it has shaken me to the core. It’s never going to be easy or convenient, but it’s really time we quit acting like Christians and starting BEING like Christ. I wonder how it grieves the heart of our Father to see His precious children forgotten, neglected and abandoned, while we sit and enjoy our comfortable little lives.
It’s time to get uncomfortable. Are you with me?
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