God is a Foster Father

         Now I know most of you are thinking has she gone crazy because of the title. I won't answer that. You can after you read this entry. It is a different way to look at it but for some of might be the perfect picture.
        God is a Foster parent before He is the Father of our personal life. Now don't get me wrong, the Bible does say He is The Father and there is no way I'm disagreeing with that. If you look at your life through steps with Him this could be a step. The Bible also says that we are adopted into the Family of God as one of God's children. I am along with you His Child.
        Do you know that moment where things are iffy before giving your life over to him? Before you say, "OK, God I'm yours".  Those times you have questions about who He is and who you are in Him. Doesn't a child have those same questions about their foster parents? We have no idea what we are getting ourselves into yet God knows exactly. A child is scared about going to foster parents especially when they have to do it a lot of times. Thank God that we only have to go once because the gifts of grace and unfailing love.
          It's when we give our lives over to God that we are adopted into the Family of God. It is when we can say,  "okay, God, I love you and trust you with my life." It is when we stop trying to run away and go to Him thinking He is a safe refuge and He does love me. Sometimes I wonder why the Church becomes more involved in children's lives especially foster children and families because we are all the same. We just have a bigger God that will never fail us.
         Next time you look into the eyes of a child, especially a Foster or adopted one, think what can I do to help them? I was Iike them once spiritually. What did God do for me in my time of need? I'm sure the foster families would love your help to because it can take a community to raise a child just like it takes a church to raise a believer.
         We are adopted into God's Family because He first Loved us in our sin and messed up lives. God had a choice to love us and He chose to in the painful way. Why can't we love the innocent children when they have no choice about their lives yet? It's hard but the reward is so great!