Waiting

   Going through the fostering approval process is a waiting game.  First we thought we'd be ready to receive a placement at the end of January, then the end of February, and now we have word that it will be the end of March or early April.  I'll assume late April and maybe May.  The foster agency is still in their approval process, so our home studies will be submitted perhaps in two weeks (I have no idea how long it takes for them to be approved... or if there will be some sort of hang up or what it will be like). 
   I pray for the child who will need to come find a safe and loving home with us.  Sometimes my heart aches terribly for this child.  Other times I feel overwhelmed with the current daily tasks of life and am thankful to not have more to juggle yet.  Waiting and wondering sometimes leaves me questioning my ability to foster, while other times I yearn for children who need safety to file in and take a place in our home.  We wait, and we trust God's timing.  We pray for His grace and strength when the time comes for us to open wide our arms.