well I'm a few weeks behind and looking at what i had written this time last year. I have had a few testing weeks caring for my girls but in see this as a test to my calling and the vocation that i have found myself in, i find myself looking at this unit in a more mature way than my previous involvement.
looking at the poem, i see elements of people i have met in my life and the fact that God has given us all special gifts for us to use. God also puts people in our lives as we need them too. an example i can share is that my youngest is severely disabled and that we are supported by an amazing medical team, but what surprised me is that important people such as Racheal our kite nurse has a strong faith and we've bumped into her when we've attended events at other churches and we had an amazing music therapist who again was strong in faith and was very surprised to know my youngest has a strong faith and knew that she had changed the words to her favourite worship song!!
My song is about love and care. my children came at a time it was discovered i couldn't have my own, my gift is love and patience and being able to feel their feelings, and being able to advocate for them to make them stronger and happier. We say family isn't about blood its about love and faith. I'm also advocating that having a disability visible or hidden can be an advantage.
reflecting "It is very important to distinguish what I love doing for its own sake from what I may want to do because of the rewards it may bring me."
when looking at this quote i would love a simple easy life, lots of money, but i accept how life is today and I'm eternally grateful for what the father has given me. I fell in love with girls and feel they were sent with a purpose, my eldest to open my eyes and my heart and then 29 children later my youngest to say that i can do this as was about to stop fostering after having a tough placement that i ended.
you see people showing off there acts of kindness on Facebook, looking for reward from others, i muchly prefer to do things without drawing attention to myself. as a carer for 2 girls i frequently get comments that i am good and that others couldnt do what i do, but i prefer just to go by as cant see why im so different as all we do is give the girls the best life we can as a loving family.
Matthew 6:3-4 New International Version 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
i find this verse quite important to me as i don't like the attention for the things i do to serve others, i find it frustrating when you see people posting on social media about things they have done. is this just a me thing???
It seems the general tone is to keep announcing everything people are doing. Yet when I had a team at work I found almost the opposite - I had to keep encouraging "my" people to mention good stuff they had done, especially when preparing for appraisals. I thought at first it was a man/woman thing, with the chaps more ready to blow their own trumpet, but after a while I realised there was no such difference. It was more that I had professionals who were more interested in getting a good job done than in going on about it. Maybe these Facebook people you've noticed will mature into people with discretion and humility ??????