We had the privilege of caring for some precious children on Friday and Saturday while their parents took care of their baby brother, who ended up in the hospital.
I didn’t ask if their situation could be made public, so please just pray for one of God’s precious babies with a significant disability who is having a hard time.
And their hard time brought back a lot of memories, but also two highlighted significant benefits we have experienced:
- A reminder of how much God has carried us through, and how good he is. He frequently did it through the kindness of other people.
- One mom was comforted to know another mom really did understand her situation. Just like we were comforted.
In other words, we gave nothing that we had not already received in much greater measure.
We are grateful for these reminders, and also to see how our own children reacted in such helpful and positive ways to the younger children in our care for a few hours. It was a great blessing, and an indicator of how much we have benefited from people who have lived up to Proverbs 17:17 for us:
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
The Works of God 
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