The days are long, but they are great

I was surfing Pinterest tonight, resting my brain after another long (but good) day. We've found that "adding just one more" is way more work than we initially thought.  It's exhausting but our hearts are full and we are excited about what's ahead. The days though, they are going by super fast. But, I digress. I stumbled upon a blog post and although I don't like to read at night (it fires my brain up and then I can't sleep), I felt like I needed to and I'm glad I did.  You can read the post here: http://knoxville.citymomsblog.com/what-stinks-about-foster-care/

We are only finishing up our 5th night as a foster family, but I feel like this post speaks volumes for the reason "why" our family chose to become a foster family.  As we've quickly learned, there are so many blessings, even in the tears. Having a chubby faced little one smile back at me when I walk in the room makes all the uncertainty and fear worth it. One of God's creations and blessings, smiling back at me. God created this little guy and He's carrying him, just like He's carrying us.

For you see, it's not about us. Our family isn't special or awesome for choosing foster care. We are selfish and scared just like anyone in this situation would be. For us though, we know that we've been called to do this, we had other plans for our life, this wasn't ever our "life-long goal" but we know that He is carrying us. Always. Yes, foster care is scary and messy and even great, all wrapped into one. But most importantly, it's about serving Christ by loving one another.