I heard the heartache in my best friend’s voice, “We had to hospitalize our son last night. He was threatening violence.” I could feel the pain and anguish through the phone lines and my heart went out to her.
My dearest friend is living day in and day out with an incredibly difficult situation. Times without number she has felt that God has asked her to handle situations that are beyond what she can bear. And yet, every time I see God’s grace exhibited in her life and in the life of her son.
They CHOSE to love a boy that was not their own.
Seven years ago, she and her husband chose to love a young boy that was not their own. They welcomed him into their family and he became theirs. He immediately had all the privileges of a son – love, care, family vacations, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles and cousins, wealth and most of all he was able to learn about God and His love for him.
He was given the privileges of a son!
(Isn’t that what God did for us! He…
