Life has been C.R.A.Z.Y as our journey into fostercare continues!! My head is still spinning from the flurry of activity that has occured physically and mentally this last week as God, being God, decided to give us our first placement in an unexpected way and an unexpected time....TODAY! As this new journey begins we are trusting because we know every detail has been worked out by our gracious, loving God who has taken us from our once comfortable "Christian life" and put us on what feels like a roller coaster ride that at times seems to be completely out of control...to us but never to Him.
"In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:6
The most amazing part of this journey into fostercare is how God has accomplished His plan and we have held on for the wild ride, taking one day at a time....complaining the whole way because we didn't feel "our plan" was working out like WE had PLANNED! I really just have to laugh sometimes as I look back over the last 8 weeks and see how GOD has accomplished His plan despite US! Our PATH classes ended, in April,since then it has been non-stop activity. Our garage is now a bedroom for our 16y/o son. His old room, in the middle of the house, will now be for our future foster kids. I am grateful for a husband that can do just about anything. He has worked incredibly hard for weeks. God has given him incredible energy and strength to accomplish all that he has accomplished in a short amount of time.
God has provided every step of the way in this journey.... the glory is all HIS. It certainly hasn't been good planning and organization on our part! As the room neared completion last week we received the call from DCS to begin our homestudy! Praise the Lord...just what we had been waiting for! AND we received another call, the unexpected one which would begin our journey unexpectedly....only God!! In one week I was able to complete ALL homestudy paperwork for DCS because, of course, I did none of it until I knew they were coming! We also had to update our homestudy for our adoption agency! It's only possible by the grace of God because when you are walking in obedience God prepares a way for you. He provides everything you need just when you need it. Not sooner...not later...His perfect timing we can count on! Why in our flesh don't we just "get that"? Why don't we just rest in Him...He is faithful until the very end!
If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you. 1 Kings 11:38
Our "dynasty" awaits us. The life we thought we had planned is now a distant memory. And the life God has planned for our remaining days on this earth is just beginning. To be a light in the darkness for children and families that can't see a way out of their circumstances.. that is our life now. Praying that somehow they can see Jesus in us as we love them and their children.
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
As our journey begins we trust...because we KNOW God has gone before us in everything that is coming our way. He will provide for us every step of the way. He will protect and prepare our hearts as we encounter what is unknown to us. We are forever grateful He has given us hearts to love others more than we love our "stuff" and this life. The roller coaster is so much better! :)
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17
Blessings...
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