My God IS in control.
My God IS in command.
My God IS good.
My God IS gracious.
My God IS mighty to save.
My God IS dealing with the BIG stuff
My God IS concerned with the LITTLE stuff.
Let me show you what I mean -
Here is a timeline of God at work in my life
In my fostering journey
In my support system development for this journey.
In August 2011
The Lord lead me to Mission Community Church
Within 5 minutes of worship
I knew I was home.
Within 5 minutes of the message
I was turning to my friends and saying
I love my church.
In October 2011
The Lord lead me to Kids' Consortium
I completed the night of training
And was given a packet of 60+ local foster care agencies
And told to pick one I wanted to contact and get licensed with.
In November 2011
The Lord lead to me Christian Family Care Agency.
They sent me the initial paperwork.
In December 2011
The Lord began opening the doors to moving forward.
The agency called me
And we set up a meeting with my initial licensing worker
For when I returned from winter break.
In January 2012
The Lord introduced me to D
My initial licensing worker
And I knew I was on His path.
In February 2012
The Lord opened a licensing training class
With my agency
Three miles from my home.
In March 2012
The Lord lead my church to begin a huge undertaking of
A foster care/adoption outreach/justice focus called
And it was revealed to the church.
Within days of my prayer journal entry about my need for
Support
Prayer
Respite
When I became a foster mother.
(Oh - and the agency the church was working
Hand in Hand
Heart to Heart
To develop and support Esther's Hope?
My agency.
Yes.
My church and My agency.
Working
Hand in Hand
Heart in Heart
To support
To reach
To train
To love
Foster families
Foster children.) In April 2012
The Lord provided me with the time and stamina to complete
My ten weeks of required training
In ten weeks.
In May 2012
The Lord provided the blessing of passing my state home inspection
On the first time.
In June 2012
The Lord gave me strength to finish all the required paperwork
And my home study was completed
In July 2012
The Lord blessed me with a new on-going placement worker
Whom I connected with immediately
Provided the paperwork to clear through the state
And got me licensed.
On July 31, 2012
The Lord opened the doors for Miss M to enter my
Home
Life
Heart
In August 2012
The Lord gave me grace
And taught me so much about
Unconditional love
Consistency
Attachments
CPS
Foster Care System
And how to be a mother figure to an 8 year old.
In September 19, 2012
Yes.
Today.
The first support group for Esther's Hope began.
I met another single foster to adopt mother who goes to my church
And who's little girl I've bonded with on Saturday nights during worship
(She's my twirling worship girl friend)
She just moved to the area.
She's been praying for a friend.
I've been praying for a single-mother friend.
And another single foster to adoptive mom
Who has 20+ years experience as a foster mother.
A SINGLE foster mother.
She stated she wasn't sure why the Lord lead her to the group
I wanted to scream - I KNOW WHY!
And a large group of other wonderful families
In various stages of fostering and fostering to adopt
With various needs
With various prayer requests
With various concerns
With various experiences.
Don't tell me there is NO God.
Don't tell me MY God doesn't care for ALL
Big
and
Small.
If you do tell me
Then I'll tell you MY story.
This story.
Other stories.
His story
In Me.
There are no such things as coincidences.
My God IS in control.
My God IS in command.
My God IS good.
My God IS gracious.
My God IS mighty to save.
My God IS dealing with the BIG stuff
My God IS concerned with the LITTLE stuff.
Praise Report:
-This entire blog IS my praise report!
Prayer Request:
-The CPS caseworker still hasn't made contact with Ms. O's current placement family so I can't set up weekend visits yet. Please pray she finds a free moment to make the call and that it goes smoothly and that we can set up a time to met this weekend so Ms. O, Miss M, and I can have some time together.
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