My wife does most of the writing for this blog but, I thought I would take a crack at putting down some thoughts a few months into our journey into foster care. To be brutally honest I am usually a glass half-empty kind of guy. But, when it comes to certain adventures, like finding a church to serve or deciding to buy a house and add two strange children to my home I wear rose colored glasses. Rose colored glasses are great but, the tinting only lasts for so long. I have concluded that God knowing me as he does lets me keep putting them on because he knows once I get into a situation I'm likely to stick it out, if for no other reason than to prove that I can. Lately I'm learning that the truth is I can't but he can. There is nothing simple, easy or basic about a child that was taken from their home. They have issues that combine with all the baggage you and your family have and you learn to make it work but, it is never easy. It will take you to places emotionally that you never imagined were possible. But, if God has called you to love on these kids then it's a ministry you can't walk away from even when you take off the glasses and are faced with the stark realities of the task that is ahead.
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