Today is a day that I know will be different from any other day. My life and the lives of those close to us will be changed forever. I am waiting anxiously for a phone call to pick up our new foster child. It's a boy. He was born on October 15th and has already expierenced horrible trauma to his fragile little body. I am prepared with clothes and all the things needed to care for this innocent baby, but I am wondering how it is possible to be a mother to a child that isn't mine. May be I can stay detached emotionally until he is either adopted or given back to his parents....NOT POSSIBLE! I know that God is going to give me the strength to care for this new life in our home.
I told Gibson that we were going to get a baby today and that he would be staying with us for a while, and I asked him if he would help me take care of the baby. He nodded his head and I feel like he understood.
"In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Oh Sarah!!!! That's scary and awesome at the same time. I shudder to think of what horrible things could have happened to take a 1-month-old baby from his parents, but God knows. And he's given him some great parents to step in, in the mean time. We'll definitely be praying for you guys. You are amazing!
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