the faith of a child

I went on a date tonight with one of my favorite guys. During dinner I asked Robbie a question that we ask our kids regularly. This time though, his answer was a little more candid, a little less protected, and a whole lot more insightful. This is how the conversation went....
Me: "So, are you still glad we are foster parents"
Robbie: "ya, why do you always ask us that?"
Me: "Cuz it's very important to dad and I that all you kids remain on board with this, we know you sacrifice a lot and we never want you to be resentful"
Robbie: "I don't mind dealing with everything while the kids are there, it's when they leave that I hate. Well, I think it's hard having someone so close to my own age. Not that it's bad, I just think we fight a lot cuz we are so close in age."
Me: "So, does that mean if this child was moved from us you wouldn't want us to take anymore kids that old?"
Robbie: "No, I don't want you to turn a kid away just cuz it's hard." Then he proceeded to give me a bible lesson.... " Right around the time we took our first kids we were studying 'something' in the bible that was talking about how everything we have belongs to God. Our teacher was telling us a story about a man who opened his home to people who didn't have a home. I was thinking how could we do that? My parents would never let adults come live with us. That's when it hit me, that's what we're doing with becoming foster parents. So, it's not my house-who am I to decide. Our house belongs to Jesus, let's just let him decide."
At this point my eyes had teared up, it took every ounce of control to not allow a single tear to fall-that would most definitely embarrass my guy. Instead I sucked it up, stared at my boy in complete adoration and told him "you are a pretty remarkable young man".
Robbie: "I know"
Now that's more like it......that's my boy!
Being a mom to many is not a chore......it has blessed my life beyond comprehension. I cannot even express in words what a blessing this life I live is. Robbie did it for me.