Has anyone ever
failed in what
they were trying
to do to help a
child? If you
haven't, God
bless you
because if you
continue,
failure is going
to happen
sometime.
Success and
failure come in
the same
package. Did you
hit the ball the
first time you
swung a bat?
Remember the
ones who hit the
most home runs
also strike out
a lot. Don't
worry about
failure; think
about the
chances you miss
if you don't
even try.
Failure happens;
it is what you
do afterwards
that counts.
If your foster
child moves on,
salvage whatever
you can. Try to
give him some
love and hope to
take with them.
Each experience
is a chance to
learn. The more
we learn the
greater our
chances of
overcoming the
impossible. We
never know when
and how the
seeds we plant
will begin to
grow.
We had a young
man come to our
home. He had
taken a ride
with a friend
who had stolen a
car. They were
caught. When he
came to our home
his excuse was
"I didn't do
anything, I was
just there." We
kept telling him
it was his
choice to be
there or not to
be there. When
he left our home
he was sent to a
low security
detention
center. He
walked away with
another person.
That person
killed someone
to steal a car.
They were
caught. What do
you think his
excuse was? At
seventeen years
old he was
sentenced to
forty years
without parole.
That was years
ago. Recently
we received a
letter from
him. He is
remembering what
we had been
trying to teach
him and he wrote
to thank us.
The seed we
planted had
started to
grow. Failure
and success came
in the same
package. It is
up to us to
plant that
seed. Thirty
nine years ago
God planted a
seed in our
home. He
blessed us with
a child with
Down syndrome.
When he was
about four years
old we took in a
child with a
disability, so
he would have a
peer. God set
our feet on a
path that
brought us about
one hundred
children, most
with
disabilities, to
care for.
We are still
blessed with the
opportunity to
plant those
seeds.
