For THIS Child I prayed...
For the longest time I have had the deepest longing to be a mother. Before becoming a foster parent I really thought I would become a mom the more "traditional" way. When my heart was super disappointed that after 34 years this had not happened, God took that idea and shook up my little ideal picture. He told me there are so many little ones out there needing the love you have for little ones so step up and do something about it. And thats where my journey began. I came from a dark place in my life and God taught me to rise and live again.
As I prayed in preparation for the kids who would come live with me, God promised me He would give me a little boy who would wear this outfit. Guys, I am not making this up! It felt strange because nothing had seemed so sure in my life. But I also felt crazy telling people because I mean it's weird right? I told just a few people so that when God did make good on His promise I had some people to back my story up and to celebrate and praise Jesus for it! I also took this picture of those DAV finds and made it my lockscreen for a while to remind myself of the promise and to pray for this little boy. I had no idea this would happen in my first placement but here he is.
During the process of becoming licensed you prepare, you prepare for everything. When your ages are 0-10 you gather a little bit of everything. One thing I tried not to do was buy a lot of clothing, just enough to get us through the first couple days for every age. One day (February 28th about 3 months before the little man was born) while thrift store shopping, I came across some vintage baby clothes that I just loved. They were little boy clothes (I was always drawn to the little baby boy clothes), two little sack sleepers and a terrycloth outfit. These 3 items cost $1.50 total. I just LOVED the terrycloth outfit because I have this weird obsession with terrycloth.
As I prayed in preparation for the kids who would come live with me, God promised me He would give me a little boy who would wear this outfit. Guys, I am not making this up! It felt strange because nothing had seemed so sure in my life. But I also felt crazy telling people because I mean it's weird right? I told just a few people so that when God did make good on His promise I had some people to back my story up and to celebrate and praise Jesus for it! I also took this picture of those DAV finds and made it my lockscreen for a while to remind myself of the promise and to pray for this little boy. I had no idea this would happen in my first placement but here he is.
This little boy is 5 months old today and this outfit is 3-6 months and its perfect. He is living proof of God's promise to me. He is living proof that God cares about the small things you care about. I so desperately wanted to be able to dress a little guy in this outfit and here he is! And I never imaged how much I would love the little boy in that outfit. God is the best promise keeper!
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