One Step Closer

Our journey to become foster parents is still in high gear. Last week we had our first home study.  We hurried around the house to make sure every detail was perfect, every crumb swept up and every toy put away. It is hard for me to describe the emotions that I was feeling. Before our case worker arrived we stopped and prayed as a family. It was a very simple prayer, yet to Chad and I, it was everything.

“Lord, this is us being obedient to you. Let your will be done. Thank you for bringing us this far. We trust you.  Amen”

The visit was powerful. We got to tell the story of how Jesus brought us on this journey. Hearing it from Chad’s lips is a beautiful thing! I got to describe Chad as a husband and father; he got to talk about me as a wife and mother.  There were words of validation and confirmation that we were, in fact, in this together.  

We have no expectations for what this journey holds. All we know is that God wants us in this place. We would love your prayers and encouragement!

We have our second home study tomorrow and then we wait! It could take several months before we know if we are approved.

I would like to share some verses and quotes that I have collected along the way that give me strength in times of doubt. Oh... and in case you were wondering… I do have doubts! EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.

 

If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account. Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power. – Oswald Chambers

 

“Now the God of Peace, who raised Jesus from the dead, will equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, and HE will get the glory.” Hebrews 13:21

 

“Now to Him who is ABLE to do far more abundantly than we could ever ask or imagine…To Him be the glory! Ephesians 3:20

 

"God's call on your life, what He's asking you to surrender to right now in this season, means that He has chosen you above anyone else to do what He's asking. You are the one He singled out as His partner for a particular project. Whether it's parenting a special needs child (hello), starting a Bible Study, or even, like Jonah, reaching out to people you'd rather avoid, He's purposefully given you the high honor of being the one He deemed suited for a task with heavenly implications.

A supernatural outcome waits on the horizon for anyone who chooses to partner with God. So go ahead, sit on the edge of your seat in anticipation and accept the interruption as the GIFT that it is.

God offers you a chance to write a story of eternal significance, and it all begins...with an interruption."

PRACILLA SHIRER “Jonah”

 

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it!

Proverbs 3:27

 

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert

and streams in the wasteland.

Isaiah 43:19

 

“The harvest is plenty but the workers are few.”

Mathew 9:37

 

Is God calling you to a new task? Has He been pounding at your door? Ask him to show you what that looks like for you. He is patiently waiting for you to answer His calling on your life! I am praying that you find it!

Love, Erin