Too Much Love

        People question you.  People tell you that you are over investing and you could end up getting hurt.  People tell you to love from a distance because if you give too much love your heart could get broken.  People tell you to stop bringing these orphans in and just have kids of your own, they tell you things will be less complicated that way.  People tell you not to buy toys or clothes for them because you don't know how long you will have them and that will just be money wasted.

        People tell you lots of stuff but you keep going.  You keep loving and you keep fulfilling the task that God has called you to do.  You know that tears are going to shed, you know your heart could very likely be broken, you see the sweet stuffed animal and you buy it because you hope that maybe that could remind him of you. You give him love, against peoples warnings, because you know that is exactly what he needs.  He needs to feel love, he needs to feel safe and he needs to feel secure.  You have fallen completely in love with this baby boy and everyone that sees him knows that he has fallen in love with you, too. 


      Some of our dear friends have been fostering a baby boy since this summer.  They got him just after he was born and they have loved and cared for him ever since.  They have given of themselves in every way imaginable.  They got up with him during the sleepless newborn nights, changed all of his diapers, wiped his runny nose and kissed all over his sweet baby face; all the while knowing that he might not stay with them forever.  They love him and want the very best for Him. 


    Tomorrow is court and they could very possibly telling him goodbye tomorrow.  It will be the hardest thing they have had to do.  They have risked all of their own emotions to make certain that this little one was loved and cared for.  All I can think is how much they have been Jesus to this boy.  Standing on the sidelines are all of us, their friends & family.  Tomorrow on the sidelines we will be on our knees praying for God to be glorified, God to protect this boy,  God to use this boy to do mighty things, for this boy to know God and not only know God but to serve God.   We will be praying for our friends, for God to provide them peace, for God to heal their broken hearts, for God to provide them just what they need on the hard days. 

     I am asking you to join me on the sidelines praying. I am also asking you to hear God's calling for your life and do it even when the call is messy.  Read stories in the bible, almost everyone God called was put in a messy place to further the kingdom.  May we all love like Christ and risk all of our own comforts and emotions to further God's Kingdom.