Thoughts From My Heart

As I prepare myself for my trip in November, I can't get the thought of being in Swaziland off my mind. I think about the many times my friends and I took a sick child to the hospital. We were the ones who noticed they were ill. We were the ones who paid for transportation to and from the hospital. We were the ones who waited in line all day long to see the doctor. We were the ones to pay for the visit and medication. And I think to myself, what about those children who are there now and sick? Who's noticing they aren't well? Who's got the money to pay for their care? Who cares enough to care for them? And my heart hurts.

I so badly want to return to Swaziland full time. I know that's not what God has for me right now and I see that in the many ways He's working through Roots of Hope. I know that I am not the only one capable of caring for the need children of Swaziland. Before me, there was God, God will be there after me, and God is there now to watch over them and love them.

I can't bare to think that a child goes unnoticed by the people of this flesh, but I know it's true. What I also know to be true is our Father knows every hair on every child's head and every tear they've cried. He's there when no one else is and that is enough.

Pray for the unseen and the unnoticed children of this world. There are so many in pain and in sorrow. 2.1 BILLION people on this planet claim to be Christians. We. as the body of Christ, are called to help the needy children of this world yet there are 147 million orphans. There IS enough love to go around. What does that look like in your world? How has God called you to fill the gap?