Category: foster parenting
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Rest for the weary

Matthew 11:28 NIV “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” If rest is what God gives to us when we are weary, is rest not also what we need to offer children who are weary from life spent inside the foster…
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What does foster parenting require?

To answer this question, I could tell you the paperwork needed, the spacing between cribs, the rules for travel out of state, the flexibility needed for family visits, or quite a few other “requirements.” However, the answer is actually very simple. To be a foster parent you just need to…
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Forgiveness

Recently I disappointed my daughter by getting her a book she has been anxiously awaiting, but not slowing down long enough to see I got it in Spanish. *Not a representation of bigger let downs. However, her face said it was a pretty big let down.* I let my kids…