No Room?

It is 5 days before Christmas and I do not have anything profound to say despite the joy of the season. I am so thankful and am enjoying the Christmas season more and more as each year passes. The thought of God's love in sending His tiny little son into the world to save us all. What a gift!

While I reflect on Christmas and the story of Christmas and the way God will make a way even when there seems no way, I find hope for our current situation. You see, Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem and report for the census and there was not even a place for them to stay. Yet, God provided for them - a stable not a grand hotel we might think of as the place for our saviour to be born! So while it seemed there was no where for our saviour to stay, God provided.

I am in no way comparing our BG kids to our saviour, but I am finding hope through God's word. You see we are almost full. Like the inns in Bethlehem that night, we are almost at capacity. 59 children; nine of which have come in the last 20 days. This month has been very high with new admissions, but the adoptions are on hold until at least February. Three months of kids coming in and not going out! We are concerned about them...what if we run out of room? What if we can not take more kids because our houses are full and our care staff are getting burned out with all the extra work? Where will they go?

But I have to trust. I have to believe that God will give us space, or help, or wisdom to be creative and provide for more children. His ways are not our ways, but I trust Him. He will provide a place for His children. He sent His son as a baby and later as a young man, He allowed Him to die for each one of these precious children and He will give them a warm, safe and loving place while they wait for Him.