God is Powerful

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This post is part of a month-long series reflecting on truths of Who God is through the alphabet and what those truths mean to us in the midst of our foster care journey. You can find the whole series here. 

“His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.”Psalm 97:4-5
That is our God. Speaking the world into existence. Calling each star by name. His very creation trembles and melts before Him.

Not only that...

“...his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead...”Ephesians 1:19-20

That same power LIVES IN US. Let that sink in for a minute. The God who sustains all things by His powerful word DWELLS IN US.

There is nothing easy about fostering. We can begin to feel completely tapped out- nothing left to give. All done now- please stop the ride. I want to get off.

But we have everything we need to do everything God has called us to do- because we have HIM.

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