Encouraged
Over the past six months I have done so much thinking about the need for more foster families. During National Foster Care Awareness month in May I heard number after number - over 20,000 children in foster care in LA county, over 60,000 in California. I have been discouraged by the consistent high numbers of children in the system, waiting for someone to provide a safe, nurturing home. I have wondered what difference we could possibly be making when the number is that high. I have felt burdened to the point of wishing that I could stick my head in the sand and pretend that there was no need at all. Close my eyes, look the other way. Revert to the old plan - small little family, our safe little life. Oh but what a selfish way to live. Pretending that the problem doesn't exist will not solve it. Looking the other way does not give a child a warm bed. I have lifted my tired heart to God and told him that I was tired of feeling called and hearing of the need. Pretending that