But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. —Lamentations 3:21-23
She came to us abused, abandoned, and angry. She had just turned three years old, and we would be her 9th foster care placement. Alone in the world at three? Brothers and sisters, such things ought not to be! My husband and I dropped to our knees and called out to the God who abandons neither widow nor orphan. “Help us, Lord! Help us to be able to help her!” We prayed for wisdom, for guidance, and for all God’s Sovereign power to compensate for our helplessness to parent, to heal such a wounded little soul.