Cori Salchert shares her heart behind fostering terminally ill babies and children. Her transparency as to the level of faith it takes to stay committed to this beautiful and yet heavy work God has called her to is such a perfect picture of God's strength working in our weakness.

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Heart Lesson: I say I trust God and He gives me many opportunities to do so, many opportunities for me to look at God and judge my circumstances, and not judge God through my circumstances.

Scriptures Referenced:

Hebrews 12:3

Hebrews 4:15

Galatians 1:10

2 Timothy 1:7

2 Corinthians 12:10

James 4:8

Philippians 4:13

Philippians 4:11

Judges 7 (Story of Gideon and his army)

Revelation 21:4

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Psalm 116:15

Psalm 56:8

2 Corinthians 4:17

James 1:5

1 Samuel 16:7

John 9:3

1 Peter 3:15

Job 1:9-11

Deuteronomy 31:6

Mentions:

Mark Schultz

Treasures, by Martha Snell Nicholson

Safe Haven Laws

99 Balloons Video

I Will Carry You

Look at the Book, John Piper

Even Broken Can Be Beautiful III

Takeaway Truths:

There is a heavy gravity to all of this. It is not light warfare and it is not all song and dance. Having a terminally ill child is not a walk in the park and I don't want to minimize the grief that goes along with that.

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is just determining that there is something greater at stake.

I want it to be so evident that I am doing all of this in God's power. I do not want to stand at the burning bush and say, "I stutter ..." I want God to use me.

You can't take this as all pain and you can't just take it as a gift; it's both.

Additional Resources:

Journal and Reflection Page - Cori Salchert

Why Was This Child Born Blind?