Roses from Heaven

This morning I was sharing with a friend something God had done several years ago now and I want to share it with you all too. Most of you have not heard this story and I hope you too are blessed by it.

This happened when we were still Jack and Maddie's foster parents. It had been a rough couple of days and I was frazzled emotionally. We had met with our social workers and their birthmom and it looked like she was going to fight for them (which is her right and as foster parents the goal is supposed to be reunification of birthparent and children...but very hard when you the foster parent hoping to adopt). Being a first time mom of a 1 and 2 year old at age 31 also had been challenging and lets just say on this particular day I was emotionally spent. On a whim, I had taken the kids to Target to check out the clearance racks (we hardly ever go there as they are high priced in my opinion and have the same quality of things as WalMart). The kids were exceptionally good (no I didn't drug them) and we had found a few things and went to the register to pay. Just as we were getting done, another clerk walked over to us with a dozen roses and handed them to me. She said "I had been watching shop and I noticed how well behaved your kids are. You look like a mom who deserves these roses." It was all I could do to stop the flood of tears that were starting to overtake my eyes... I thanked her and got the kids in the little Escort we had at the time and sat there and bawled, praising the Lord for this little blessing. You see, I truly believe that woman was an angel sent from God to show me that it would be OK and to trust Him to work out all the details of our becoming real parents. That clerk will more than likely never know what she did for me that day. To her, it was just roses...to me it was so much more. Anyway, for all you stay at home moms out there, remember, it is a tough job and the Lord will bless you at times in ways you never thought of. He will ALWAYS meet our genuine needs...ALWAYS...whether that is physical, emotional, or spiritual needs.