07/23/2026
One of my biggest fears going into foster care over 10 years ago wasn’t the birth parents, the sleepless nights or the many unknowns necessarily.
One of my biggest fears going into foster care was failing the children I’d be caring for somehow. As if their success depended on me. I also was fearful of what these children may bring into my home. I’d be lying if I said otherwise.
Sometimes we give ourselves too much credit for things and sometimes we don’t quite comprehend the magnitude of control God has in this world.
God is never asking us to BE EVERYTHING for a child or to save every child! That would be impossible.
He simply wants to use us! In big ways and in smalls!
However, if our view of HIS children starts with seeing/fearing their trauma instead of seeing THEM… we do not have an accurate view of His children.
God looks at US and ALL of our trauma and he literally says, “I choose you. I want you. Flaws, brokenness, hurts, bad habits, addictions, etc. I choose that child— as is!”
And that’s exactly what we should do for these children experiencing foster care.
Yes, there are messy situations. There are ugly behaviors. But if there is ONE thing I have learned in 10 years of fostering it’s that God will never leave you to do it alone.
He has shown up in ways I couldn’t have expected. Sometimes it’s God showing up through my husband, sometimes it’s God showing up through one of my other kids, sometimes it’s God showing up through a friend, sometimes it’s God himself speaking through His Word, etc. However it is… HE IS THERE! He is working in and through me and He will do the same with you!
If you are considering stepping into foster care, I encourage you to step into it EXPECTANT of what God will do in your life.
Im so grateful that God saw me and chose me. And I just desire to do that with His children, all the days of my life!
