Open

Open....

(having the interior immediately accessible, as a box with the lid raised or a drawer that is pulled out.)
-very symbolic of what your life is like once you open it up to a public foster/adoption agency.

This week our doors will open, our home will be open, our hearts will be open... open to take in little ones who need a home...whether temporary, long term or for a lifetime. Only time will tell that story.

Now we simply continue on, waiting to embrace the children that God will send our way.
I was having a hard time waiting in April for whatever was to come...now we have an adoption worker and a resource worker, so I am confident that if they come across a child in need, they'll consider us for a match. I don't wish for children to need to leave their families....so in a way it will be a good thing to wait for awhile, because hopefully that means kids are thriving in their own families...but if there are children who need a home, we are ready.

Thank you for your prayers....it feels wonderful to be finished with that long process. Not that I don't agree with the long process...it's good to make sure that you have committed people and safe people when it comes to the fostering and adopting of children.

Looking forward to seeing who our home becomes open to.

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20-21