Eleven months ago, I was a mess. We had been “approved” to be foster parents for like A WHOLE MONTH AND A HALF and we had not yet gotten “the call.” I cried at the drop of a hat. I sat and questioned why, why, why we didn’t have foster children yet. Were we not “good enough?” I cried out to God begging for, “today to be the day,” yet those days were never the days… I was sad, I was worried, I was anxious. We were ready! We had been ready! We had done everything that the government had asked us to do, TWICE! You see, we had already completed an international adoption home study and then again completed a foster care home study, so in reality we had been through everything TWICE! How much longer must we wait?
I am here to tell you this, those of you out there who are still waiting… YOUR TIME WILL COME! Our’s did! We were chosen on this day eleven months ago to receive the two most precious little angels into our home. These two came with hurts, they came with trust issues, but I can say this without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, that they were meant to come and live with us. God had such a perfect plan!
And, as I sat on my deck this morning taking pictures of my three youngest holding hands and going on a “treasure hunt” in our backyard, I realized something. I am SO GLAD we didn’t get the call sooner, I am so happy we had to wait. Because, the two we have in our lives right now are the ones God meant for us and we were meant for them.
Thank you, Lord Jesus for making me wait. YOU HAVE A PERFECT PLAN!
Keeping Calm While Daddy is Gone 