I have been privileged to be part of a church that promotes fostering and adoption. "Religion that the Father considers pure and blameless is this: to keep oneself from being polluted by the world, and to look after widows and orphans in their distress" (James 1:27).
As I have watched my friends foster, I have discovered something: even in this area of life, Christians are channels of blessing. In many circumstances, we do more than swoop in and rescue the child. If there is hope for even one of the parents, Christians try to minister there, to build up the original family so that they can raise their child. The love we give is indeed like salt, working through the culture so that it is better in the end than in the beginning. Even in a broken system, our effort makes a difference.
If Republicans and Democrats each put action to their words, what a great culture we live in. Republicans would labor to keep people from making mistakes, and Democrats would care for those who inevitably do mess up. Just do something. If God is in your life, what you do will be incredible as He blesses the work of your hands.
This past Sunday, in a women's class at a church in Broken Arrow, the teacher asked the question, "What fields do you see ripe for harvest?" There were many answers, and not all of them resonated with me. I would maintain that what YOU see is unique. Because of your passions, experiences, and upbringing, you see needs in the world from a unique angle. Go there. Don't compare the field you see to someone else's...just go. You are designed to harvest. Step in.
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