The Adoption & Foster Care Journey
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
“This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 1 John 4:9
On Christmas, God sent his Son, born in a manger, as the greatest gift of all. The gift of Christ is the greatest demonstration of love to each of us.
The fourth episode in our Orphans No More Podcast Advent series focuses on love, not romantic love, all warm and fuzzy because we feel it from our fingers to our toes. But Real love. Love expressed when we don’t feel like demonstrating it. Love when we’re weary from sibling squabbles, meltdowns, sensory issues, and virtual school and therapies…but we show up anyway.
This is the sacrificial love God sent as the greatest gift ever given. We received this love when we received Christ. And if you’ve received Christ, you have the power to love like God—sacrificially, when you’re not loved back and when you don’t feel like it. This is the love that transforms lives, homes, and the world.
This week, as we celebrate the arrival of the Gift—we pray you will receive it, put it on, wear it, and wrap it around everyone you know. We pray you and your family enjoy a very Merry Christmas.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
How to Have Peace When Your Kids are in Chaos - book
25 Days of Thriving Through Christmas-An Advent Devotional for Foster & Adoptive Parents
FAFASD 50 Facts
FASD Success Podcast
FASD Hope Podcast
Positive Adoption Podcast
Empowered Parent Podcast/One Big Happy Home Podcast
Episode 351 - Primary Characteristics of FASD—Impulsivity with Sandra Flach
Episode 350 - Finding Hope with Former Foster Youth, Amber Jewell
Episode 349 - Primary Characteristics of FASD - Slow Processing Pace with Sandra Flach
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Planning & Organizing
Episode 348 - Primary Characteristics of FASD: Dysmaturity with Sandra Flach
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Trauma & Information Processing
Episode 347 - Foster Parents—Planting Seeds of Hope with Melissa Smallwood
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Trauma & Cognitive Flexibility
Episode 346 - I Love You to the Sun and Beyond with Adoptive Dad Cecil Stokes
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Trauma & Working Memory
Episode 345 - Caution—Rough Road Ahead: Parenting Teens with Trauma & FASD
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Trauma & Metacognition
Episode 344 - FASD Global Podcaster Panel with Dr. Jerrod Brown
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Trauma & Self-Regulation
Episode 343 - Living Proof—From Foster Care to the White House to the NBA with Lucas Boyce
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About Executive Dysfunction
Episode 342 - Finding Community on the FASD Journey with Kathryn Meinhardt
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About FASD & Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
Episode 341 - It’s OK to Be You—Living Well with FASD with Kenny LaJoy
Bonus Episode - What Every Adoptive & Foster Parent Needs to Know About FASD & Trauma
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