The Least of These

My husband and I felt called to bring foster children into our home. It was one of the most powerful, exhausting, and rewarding times of my life. I realized, though, how sheltered I had been. These had experienced so much cruelty, and just because they were in my home, they were still not protected no matter how much we did to make them safe. The system is broken - it simply is. We watched children fall through the cracks with no ability to stop it.

But my own eldest believed he held the power to make a difference, and now, as an adult, he is every day. It didn’t begin that way. His own struggles as a person with a disability were real and in this script, I portray just some of what he faced. I also portray his determination. He failed, or rather, adults failed him, so many times. Even my husband and I struggled to support him - either we did too much or too little. In the end, though, he found a way.

Jesus brought the children unto him. He praised their innocence, their ability to trust, to have faith. I’ve always thought growing up meant losing that innocence. When our little ones have trust betrayed, faith shattered, and their innocence ripped from them - there is no going back to being a child again. Instead, we have to be brave enough to trust again, to put the pieces of our faith back together. We need courage to fight through the tears and know.

Isaac is a boy fighting to be heard, not only for himself, but for others trapped in a different kind of cage. Grab some tissues. the-least-of-these