Serious decisions

On our way back from the church Chris preached at this past Sunday, we hit again on a subject we have come back to time and again since Faith was born. The mighty subject of what would happen to our children if, God forbid, something should happen to the both of us. Who would they go to?

While we have hit on it before, I can't seem to get it out of my head these past few days. It's never easy to decide these things, because really, who really wants to think of someone else parenting your children. It's even more difficult for us because we have certain qualifications we would like to have met. We want them to be raised by Christians, a fellow brother and sister in the Lords church. That leaves out, well, all of our family. We have talked about it so many times, and we just don't feel comfortable leaving them with either side. If not family, who then?

That is what we don't have the answer to. Who would be willing to take all 3 of our children and who isn't family? Someone who would raise them as their own and raise them according to God's word. I'm going to guess there aren't many who would. It seems most everyone else who we attend with all have family who are also members. They all have someone they can go to. We have no one though.

I want to have a plan. I want to be able to choose who they go with. Yet, we have no idea where or how to even start or bring up the subject.

This is just such a serious decision...I'm just about in tears just typing this post up.