You Will.........

        "You will love more passionately, hurt more deeply, grieve more bitterly and celebrate more joyously throughout the process of caring for vulnerable children then you ever thought imaginable. We must be willing to walk down this path for their sake. As we do, our embracing of their brokenness paints a vivd picture of how Jesus embraced ours."-All in One Orphan Care

         This might be a fast entry but I think this quote explains it well. Explains what I'm doing with my job and what I want to do with my life and also the person that I am deep down inside because of what I've seen and done. God uses things in our life to make us like Him and I really believe this is how He is doing it in my life. I will go step by step in what I think it means in my life now and later. With job, with friends, and with family.  I challenge you to look up the org. called "All in One Orphan Care".

           LOVE MORE PASSIONATELY-At my job, you have to love on those children with all of your heart. You have to be patience and kiss and hug them every chance you get. You also have to encourage them. Sometimes you have to provide for them. I love when a new child comes in because it feels like I'm providing them with nice, new clothes and I get to pick out cute outfits too. You usually know the story they have gone through so when you do sometimes you are just lead to love them more because of their stories.
           Doesn't God hug and kiss us more then we think? Doesn't God provide for us? Doesn't God know our stories from start to finish?

           HURT MORE DEEPLY-At my job, I hurt because the choices that are in the children's lives are not mine to make yet I want to so bad because I think my choices will be better for them. I hurt because why would a person much less a parent do that to a child. I also hurt sometimes when a child bites or hits me or just don't do what I say but I have to remember that they weren't taught that way.
            Did we hurt Jesus when we put Him on the cross? Don't we have sin in our lives that God has to fix and take away from us? He has to teach us, right?

           GRIEVE MORE BITTERLY-At my job, I grieve because seeing the children like they are and knowing what they go back to is sad. I mean how can you not grieve when a little child come to you all bruised up and really dirty and developmentally behind. Mind is age 2 but physical he is age 4. It just wants to make you cry.
            Doesn't God grieve for us when we make bad choices and not listen to Him? Doesn't God grieve when we don't go to Him and let him deal with our situations?

           CELEBRATE MORE JOYOUSLY- At my job, I get to celebrate a lot though. I get to celebrate when they have a foster home to go to. I also celebrate how much they have grown and learned in 3 months. Sometimes it is a real progress and it is so neat to see like someone starting to talk or crawl. Other things could be when they come in really mad or won't smile at all but then they leave happy. They come back again and the 2nd time they come running into your arms to hug you. It is in those moments I know I made a difference.
            Didn't God celebrate when we found Him? Doesn't He celebrate when we spend time with and learn more about Him? Doesn't He celebrate when we are serving and following Him?

           EMBRACE THEIR BROKENNESS-At my job, I try to understand and embrace the children's brokenness just like Jesus did when He came to this earth for us. He came to set us free and to be like us so He knew how we lived and how hard it was to live in a sinful world. I try to set the children free from their brokenness. That is my prayer, anyways.

             WE ARE THE ORPHANS IN GOD'S EYES AND HE LOVES US JUST THE WAY WE ARE!