Good morning world. Well, we picked up our new kids yesterday afternoon. Gave them a brief tour, dropped off their stuff and whisked them off to church. Good thing they are use to going to church. Because of all the cleaning and getting ready for them, I did not have supper ready. Should have used the crock pot, but just was not thinking. So we had cereal for supper. I think they were surprised. The youngest said she would rather have eggs. I was thinking I would rather have someone else cook dinner instead while I was busy. But I just said, "Sweetie, this is it for tonight."
When we get new kids, there is almost always a "honeymoon" phase. Where everyone is on their best behavior, including the parents. The shortest of this phase I have ever experienced was 30 minutes. So far we have gone beyond that. Things are already different here. Earlier bedtimes for all of them. Different kinds of chores.
My prayer for today is to remind them they are loved and worthy and a part of this family! We are not a perfect family, there is no such thing. However, we do have love. There is only one who is perfect and that is Jesus. And the love we have for these kids comes from Him.
We are told to love not only the lovable, but to love the unlovable. That type of unconditional loves comes only from God and having Jesus live in my heart. This is the love you have for a kid who has stolen from you because it is his habit to steal and does not know how to not steal. This is the love you have for a kid who hides food under his pillow because he had to in order to survive in his previous life or he did not eat. And this is the love you have for the kid who lies because he had to in his previous life or get beaten even if he did nothing wrong.
14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
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