Entering In

"And even though I realize I cannot always mend or meet, I can enter in.  I can enter into someone's pain and sit with them and know.  This is Jesus.  Not that He apologizes for the hard and the hurt, but that He enters in, He comes with us to the hard places. And so I continue to enter."  A quote from Katie Davis' book:  Kisses from Katie A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption.

Thank you, Katie for that quote that says exactly what I have been trying to say for so long.  Sometimes the questions about why we do what we do are difficult to answer.  They become impossible if our adopted or foster children's situation involves some sort of brokenness.  Most adoptive and foster families can understand this whether you are adopting locally or from another country.  The well meaning individual might simply ask about "issues" and then give counsel about how difficult those issue will be to "deal with."  The reality for our kids is that their "issues" are their experience.  They are going to have these things in their little lives with or without us.  Some of these we as adoptive (and foster) parents can help with, but some we can't.  Some things are just going to be a page or two of the story of their life.  For me?  I am going to "enter in."  I am going to come along side of my child and children and just sit with them and know.  I may not be able to fix the problem or even totally understand, but I can come into their life, give them love and a family, and just be.  I will stay with them through the hard places and trust God for the outcome.  It may not be until eternity that they find full healing, but I will be willing to enter into their story and go with them through the hard places knowing that Jesus has already done exactly that for me.

Thank you again, Katie, for speaking my heart in the first 2 chapters of your book.  Thank you God for allowing Katie to understand so well!