Is it Worth it?

Yesterday, my husband and I put our sweet boy on a plane back to his home. I knew it was coming when we signed up for this, but it didn't stop the tears or the hurt. When we got home, I began to look around the house at the things he left here and there, and I thought, I would do it all over again. A thousand times over.

We've made this decision twice in our life to open our home to kids who didn't belong to us. My heart has been broken twice to see them both leave our home to continue on with their lives. But what I realize is this, we've done just what God asks us to do. We planted the seed of God's love in both of their lives.

Loving another person always requires risk. It always requires some sort of sacrifice on your part. But the risk and sacrifice are worth it. The hurt and the sadness is worth it. To know that you have shared your life and have made memories that will last a lifetime, it's worth it.

When God asks us to do things, He never assures us that our hearts won't be broken, or that we won't be disappointed. But even in the hurt, there is such a joy in knowing we are obeying our Father. So, yes, it is always worth it. Always.