Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this week's connecting clip of the week, we'll hear a snippet from Paul and Shelby's interview with guest Julie Lowe on the Connecting podcast.

In this clip, Julie talks about why her and her husband felt called to become foster parents.

To hear the full episode, check out the Paul Tripp podcast, episode 355.

Here's Paul Tripp, Shelby Abbott, and Julie Lowe on this week's connecting clip of the week.

Thank you. Julie Love on this week's connecting clip of the week. So talk about the joys and hardship of this commitment to adoption.

Well, I'm an adopted adoption father, but I think this picture in scripture is so important of our adoption.

But talk about this.

There are many people out there that are considering adoption and don't know

how to think about it. And I think that with what's happened with the Roe v. Wade decision,

the church is going to have to step up and provide love and care for children who

are probably not wanted in the way that we wish they were. And we can't just protest

abortion without standing up and saying we're going to provide communities of love for these

children so just be real open and transparent about your experience

there's a couple of thoughts um the first is i think many churches are very pro

adoption and supportive of adoptive families, both in the culture

and in finances and all the things it takes, where I think the church at large is unhelpful

is in the area of the field of foster care. I think you're seen as a foster parent,

you're seen as almost a little odd to do it. Like, yeah, isn't that noble, but we secretly think you're weird or you're seen as a foster parent, you're seen as almost a little odd to do it. Like, yeah,

isn't that noble, but we secretly think you're weird or you're odd. And it's, the church

has relegated that field to the government in ways they never should have. And if the church

really stepped in, I wonder how much it would revolutionize the foster care

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