I am in a peculiar station in life. I have dreams, big dreams, but there are some missing pieces - missing pieces like a husband and a place to call home that is suitable for a child. I sometimes feel like if I stop to actually think about the things I truly want in life, the very contemplation will crush me and my insides will explode. But here is the truth, I want to love with all my heart. I want to love kids that aren't mine - to adopt, to foster - to be brave enough to call one of God's kids my own. I want it so badly it almost hurts. And I know I will do it - I know it is going to break me, wreck me, hurt like hell - but I also know I am called to it and that He will be strength in my weakness.
I just watched this heart-wrenching video on foster care - an inside glimpse of the torturous and overwhelmingly painful reality some of these kids have lived in. In June I will be headed back to TLC - a camp for foster kids - a weekend escape filled with laughter and sometimes tears and incredibly gut-wrenching truths. Videos like this remind me how valuable and imperative being involved and invested in these kids truly is.
If you're ready to have your heart break and simultaneously want to hug a kid tight, spend the next 12 minutes watching this...I sincerely hope it changes you!
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