My sister and her husband are foster/adoptive parents. They got 2 calls this week. Hear this: at a hospital in the city a newborn was abandoned and they were looking for a foster family ready to take him in. In another hospital in a city, a newborn boy was ready to be discharged, but had no family. Can you really imagine it? Not one person wanted to take those babies home? Their agency, which works with the state's CPS dept was having a hard time finding families. I'm shocked, really I am. Got room for an abandoned newborn needing a safe and loving place? It won't be easy, convenient, cheap, self-preserving, you won't get much sleep, not many people will understand your motivations, and heck, your heart may be broken....
But, what does God's word say?
proverbs 31:8
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves
Isaiah 1:17
learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Oh Libby I would take them in a heart beat!!!!!! Praying more people will step forward and be Gods arms of love in this cold cruel world!
ReplyDeleteDid she take one in or is her house full?