Only a week until I leave for Africa and I am getting soo excited! Thank you to everyone who has donated supplies for me to bring over. If you still want to donate supplies it is not too late and I have plenty of room! Also if you don't feel up to getting anything and would like to send me a check I will pick up what is most needed.
I wrote this blog at the beginning of summer and never posted it. So today I thought I would leave you with it.
I spent a few weekends back at my cabin with my family. My cousin came with her husband and two boys who are 2 years and 3 weeks. My grandparents and aunt came too. It was a wonderful time and my cousin was so gracias about letting me love on her sweet baby boy.
Saturday afternoon I laid on the couch the baby sleeping on my chest. I thought of all we do for this sweet boy. The hours we spend bouncing with him, the countless times we wash our hands, my cousins eating just right for him... Then I thought of all the babies living in orphanages or with HIV positive mothers who can't feed their child. I thought of the orphaned being taken care of by a sibling who still needs a mom them self. I thought of those born with special needs and those living in horrible mental institutions because of their disability. I think of the some 26,000 children that died everyday of preventable causes. That's equivalent to one child every 4 second. A 2010 Haiti earthquake happening every 10 days! Guys this should make us sad, mad, make us feel something. We should be moved into action.
If this was your child staving in another part of the world, dying of a preventable cause, would you ever think "oh that's too far for me to go to save them, too much money,there's nothing I can do to help, I'll just turn a blinded eye..." Dear God what have we done? How have we allowed so much suffering in the world? Where were we to show your love? Has God not commanded his people to care for those in need?
Luke 12:33. "Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves purses which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, nor moth destroys."
Luke 3:11. And [John the Baptist] would answer and say to them, "Let the man with two tunics share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise."
Luke 1:52ff. [Mary's Magnificat.] "He has brought down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted those who were hungry. He has filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty-handed."
1 John 3:17. But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
If we as Christians do not care for the poor, the widows, the orphans, the least of these than who will? Who's Job is it? There are consequences to lack of obedience to Christ's command to care for the poor. People are dying without even hearing His glorious name. I hope you pray with me that our hearts will break for what breaks His. I pray we move into action.
"Sometimes I would like to ask God why he allows poverty, famine and injustice in the world, when He could do something about it...but I'm afraid He may ask me the same question." Anonymous.
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