We have some awesome friends who have supported our family in prayer these last few months and it is mostly for them that I write this post. I love you all! :)
This has been a rough week, we've had several not-too-pleasant episodes around here and post-episode one morning the LORD spoke to me about my attitude. I was alone in the vehicle and as my blood pressure returned to normal I was able to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd. He was gentle in His rebuke, but firm. My attitude toward our little foster daughters had become negative.
There are things in my life that are pulling me in other directions: my Grandmother has cancer and isn't able to care for herself, my eldest daughter and her husband are expecting a baby in March, schooling duties, church duties... and the list could go on. As a result, I am having a negative attitude about the ministry that the Lord has called us to with these girls, I lost my perspective (and I got in trouble). :/
I "happen" to be reading a book by the title of "Slave". Hmmm. In it, John MacArthur talks about how the scripture teaches that we are slaves of Christ's. We have been bought with a price. As I try to wrap my mind around this idea, it becomes clear to me that my Master has given me several jobs. One of them is caring for my "new daughters" for as long as they need for me to care for them. What a blessing to have this job to do!! It is not as easy as lying on my couch reading a book or throwing together the newest Rachel Ray recipe, but it is an awesome blessing.
We have the opportunity to touch these lives for, hopefully, eternity. If I'm not Christlike in my approach there will not be any positive results for certain.
I am so thankful that the LORD loves me enough to correct me, and enable me to do what He's asking me to do. I am also thankful that He gave me a support system including you, my praying friends.
Thank you!!! I will continue to need your prayers each day.
