But Love Wins

“She’s so good at just going with the flow.”

“I wouldn’t know how to add another child to my home at a moment’s notice.”

I hear this but say nothing.  How to explain…

The truth is; she doesn’t just flow.

Believe me, I know her.  Type A by nature.  Her schedule is her salvation.

But love wins

She doesn’t know how to add and flow.  In fact, she doesn’t know what to expect at all.

That week, that first week the foster child arrives she studies.  She learns.  She watches.  She cares.  She abandons all responsibilities that can be left untouched and she is present.

Because love wins

Groceries? Not a chance.  Too risky. Can this new one handle it?

The other children in her home? The ones who were there before? They cling and clutch – insecurities rather than thought driving action and word.  What does she do?  She holds and rocks, plays and reassures, reassures, reassures.

And love wins

Does she sleep? I don’t know maybe.  She prays.

Does this new child sleep? Probably not.  The people are new, the smells are odd, the rules….there are actually rules.  Scary doesn’t begin to describe it.

No one knows what the next weeks entail.  But, we know this….

“… God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NIV emphasis added)

God gave. Jesus went.

Love wins

Note: Since the writing of this article I’ve been notified of a book titled Love Wins: At the Heart of Life’s Big Questions by Rob Bell. This article was written without knowledge of that book and is not connected to it or its theology. If you are interested in the theology associated with this article the book titled What is the Gospel? By Greg Gilbert is a good example.

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