Motivation

This week has brought a lot of changes into our lives. All change comes with joy and sorrow. And we have seen both this week. Any time we add a child to our home, there is fear for the future. What happens next? Are our hearts going to break at the end of this journey? But I read a quote this week that summed up how I feel about why we do what we do.
"Love always involves fear. There are no guarantees about tomorrow for any of us. But in the meantime, while we're waiting for answers... while we're wondering what's at the end of this road - I want to walk it with you" No matter what the journey brings, we love our kids and true love always involves fear but is always worth the risk involved.

But we also do it to invest in our kids whether for a day, a week, a month, a year. "You never touch just one heart. Because once someone is loved like that, they'll go on to touch countless hearts. And with God the chain reaction never ends." Wow. Talk about touching a nerve. I pray that if we can give a few days or a few weeks of love, and peace, and safety that it will remain in our children's hearts forever, no matter where they end up. I pray that each child that comes into our home knows that they are absolutely loved. Of course, our desire is that they stay forever, but if they don't, this is why we do what we do. To touch one heart and one life. To hope that in Eternity we can see the faces of those who have been touched in turn by the one that we were granted a moment to love.