Episode 99: The Battle for Control in Foster Care: A Life Surrendered to God
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Since his very first memory, life for my guest, Gaelin Elmore, has been about the struggle for control. He couldn't control his parents' addictions. He couldn't control whether he went into foster care. He couldn't control where and with whom he was placed. He couldn't control what happened inside the home. He could only control his own behaviors, so that's what he held onto tightly. It was a way to cope, to temporarily ease the pain. What Gaelin didn't anticipate was that there were people, and far greater, a God who was worthy of his trust. He didn't have to be the one to muster up the strength on his own, but God in his kindness was there, holding him through all the hard. His trauma displays itself in relationships with people still, but Gaelin is not without hope, and he's running hard after the one who was in control the whole time.
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| 0:00.0 | meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey this is the forgotten podcast i broke down |
| 0:10.8 | in the hallway and it's lunch so it's everyone's in the hallway my high school football coach runs |
| 0:15.7 | like grabs me and he's like you don't know me well, but you're going to come live with us and |
| 0:21.4 | we're going to figure this out. Sure enough, school bell rang. He had his car out front waiting for me. |
| 0:26.2 | Outside of things my dad have done for me, that was one of the greatest act of kindness and love |
| 0:30.2 | that I've ever experienced. And I didn't know how to receive it in that moment. |
| 0:44.7 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:46.6 | Welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:49.5 | If you are part of the foster care community, |
| 0:51.2 | passionate about serving, |
| 0:53.9 | or simply interested in learning more, we are here for you. Since his very |
| 0:57.5 | first memory, life for my guest, Galen Elmore has been about the struggle for control. He could not |
| 1:05.2 | control his parents' addictions. He could not control whether he went into foster care. He couldn't control where and with whom he was placed. He could not control whether he went into foster care. |
| 1:14.1 | He couldn't control where and with whom he was placed. |
| 1:17.7 | He couldn't control what happened inside the home. |
| 1:21.3 | All he could control was his own behaviors, |
| 1:23.9 | and so that's what he held on to tightly. |
| 1:31.1 | It was a way to cope, to temporarily ease pain. What Galen didn't anticipate was that there were people and far greater a God who was worthy of his trust. He didn't have to do it on his |
| 1:38.3 | own. And God and his kindness was there, holding him through all the heart. Oh my goodness, we have a good |
| 1:46.7 | show for you today. And when we're through, head on over to the forgottenpodcast.org to see my |
| 1:53.0 | takeaways from today's conversation. We would love to hear yours as well. Share your takeaways |
| 1:59.0 | with us at the forgottenpodcast.org. Okay, let's go now to my |
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