tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post6930537224648662212..comments2015-05-28T01:08:40.609-06:00Comments on kickin' the darkness...: On Eliminating the Foster Care System...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-73099040966956263952008-09-19T07:03:00.000-06:002008-09-19T07:03:00.000-06:00This is good John. . .now if I could just get Kevi...This is good John. . .now if I could just get Kevin to read it. . .hmmm.Hannah D Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945207208442708783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-18186404453302879312008-09-05T14:26:00.000-06:002008-09-05T14:26:00.000-06:00You know, it's something that has been on my heart...You know, it's something that has been on my heart always... ever since I was a child. But I will be quite honest. Life with my brother was very difficult. Very, very difficult and it was punctuated by his early and tragic death. So part of me looks at the concept with the eyes of, "How will this effect the children I already have in my care." <BR/><BR/>I wish that there were huge stores of Christian donated monies to help those families who would like to adopt orphans do so without the financial strain. <BR/><BR/>It is something I'm working up to... something I've mentioned to Shawn several times and something that he is not yet ready for. But I think if you keep working on him and God keeps working on my hang ups, we may eventually end up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-36991209722442821622008-09-05T09:46:00.001-06:002008-09-05T09:46:00.001-06:00Joshua, I couldn't have said it better myself!Joshua, <BR/><BR/>I couldn't have said it better myself!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925727100031393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-9964032622445372002008-09-05T09:46:00.000-06:002008-09-05T09:46:00.000-06:00Matt, glad to hear of your thinking on this. I th...Matt, glad to hear of your thinking on this. I think your older thoughts about adoption only if one cannot have one's own kids is very prevalent, and carries the day even among Christians. I'm glad folks are awakening to our call in this, and will be praying for you and yours.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925727100031393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-30914847763130549062008-09-05T07:37:00.001-06:002008-09-05T07:37:00.001-06:00Sorry, I misspelled Ashlee's name.Sorry, I misspelled Ashlee's name.Joshua Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762961484152028177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-70404791059794603392008-09-05T07:37:00.000-06:002008-09-05T07:37:00.000-06:00Good for you Matt!I believe that true Christianity...Good for you Matt!<BR/><BR/>I believe that true Christianity spreads best by means of godly parents passing on their faith to their children. Opportunities abound both biologically and through adoption. May the Lord lead you to His will for your family as you and Ashley consider all the possibilities that are good in God's sight.Joshua Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762961484152028177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-35895987173302202932008-09-04T13:05:00.000-06:002008-09-04T13:05:00.000-06:00Speaking for myself, I used to think that only fol...Speaking for myself, I used to think that only folks who could not have their own children adopted (as silly as that seems now). However, the example of several WPC families (such as yours) and the discussion such as this one on your blog has caused me to reasses my thinking. I always thought of adoption as filling a void in a family (which it can be) rather than a rescue operation.<BR/><BR/>Ashlee and I have discussed adopting a child(ren) recently. I don't know how that will play out, as we are in the midst of building a family full of small children of our own as we speak. Bit it is something I have been thinking and praying about lately.ninepoundhammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707280866515217924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9176240153566088568.post-26341859532456243362008-09-04T09:20:00.000-06:002008-09-04T09:20:00.000-06:00The Prophets frequently indict the Covenant people...The Prophets frequently indict the Covenant people for forsaking their responsibilities to the poor, orphaned, and widowed. Indeed, often the Covenant people were the ones driving these humiliated ones deeper into their poverty and shame.<BR/><BR/>If the opulence, wealth, and ease of Israel and Judah are anything like ours, if the effeminacy of their leaders with regard to God's Word is anything like ours, if the compromising of doctrine and practice of God's Covenant people in the days of old is anything like it is in our day, then let us fervently pray for the Lord's mercy and the renewal of our hearts in the truth, for what can follow upon such neglect but the hardening of hearts and the willful blinding of minds to the truth, if not the Lord spare us?Joshua Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762961484152028177noreply@blogger.com