The Adoption & Foster Care Journey
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
“This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 1 John 4:9
On Christmas, God sent his Son, born in a manger, as the greatest gift of all. The gift of Christ is the greatest demonstration of love to each of us.
The fourth episode in our Orphans No More Podcast Advent series focuses on love, not romantic love, all warm and fuzzy because we feel it from our fingers to our toes. But Real love. Love expressed when we don’t feel like demonstrating it. Love when we’re weary from sibling squabbles, meltdowns, sensory issues, and virtual school and therapies…but we show up anyway.
This is the sacrificial love God sent as the greatest gift ever given. We received this love when we received Christ. And if you’ve received Christ, you have the power to love like God—sacrificially, when you’re not loved back and when you don’t feel like it. This is the love that transforms lives, homes, and the world.
This week, as we celebrate the arrival of the Gift—we pray you will receive it, put it on, wear it, and wrap it around everyone you know. We pray you and your family enjoy a very Merry Christmas.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
How to Have Peace When Your Kids are in Chaos - book
25 Days of Thriving Through Christmas-An Advent Devotional for Foster & Adoptive Parents
FAFASD 50 Facts
FASD Success Podcast
FASD Hope Podcast
Positive Adoption Podcast
Empowered Parent Podcast/One Big Happy Home Podcast
Episode #233 - Encouraging Foster & Adoptive Parents During Covid-19 with Sandra Flach
Episode #232 Helping Foster & Adoptive Parents Navigate Covid-19 & Racial Tensions with Tona Ottinger
Episode #231 - Covid-19 Trauma Triggers Impacting Children and Parents with Ruby Johnston
Episode #230 - President Trump’s Executive Order on Foster Care with Dr. Sharen Ford
Episode 229 - Encouragement & Prayer For Foster and Adoptive Parents with Sandra Flach
Episode 228 - Bi-racial Foster & Adoptive Families Experience Racism with Deana Zoeller
Episode #227 - Until There's More Than Enough For Children in Foster Care with Jason Weber
Episode #226 - Soul-Care for Wounded Healers with Amy Willmann
Episode #225 - Adoption Through the Rearview Mirror with Karen Springs
Episode #224 - Chronic Stress from Covid19 Impacts Children & Parents with Jayne Schooler
Episode #223 - Parenting Solutions for Foster & Adoptive Parents with Melissa Corkum
Episode #222: The Connected Parent with Adoptive and Foster Mom, Lisa Qualls
Episode #221 - Adoption Miracles in the Midst of Covid19 with Jaime Richardson
Episode #220 - Former Foster Youth, Carrie Relf, Joins us for Foster Care Awareness Month
Episode #219 - The Art of Self Care with Adoptive Mom, Tracie Loux
Episode #218 - Second Mother - a Bible Study for Adoptive Moms by Jodi Jackson Tucker
Episode #217 - Trusting the God of the Gospel with Arthur C. Woods
Episode #216 - Ronda Paulson of Isaiah 117 House shares about the plight of children entering foster care
Survival Tools for Foster & Adoptive Parents During Covid19 Shutdown
Episode 214 - Taking Church to a Community in Crisis
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