“God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.”
My last week in India has made this thought more and more clear as God has stretched me by taking me out of my comfort zone to minister to children who are so different from what I have know. Stretching me by using energy that I thought I would never have and understanding for people who are different physically than myself. Different, but just as marvelous as every other human being who walks this earth. My Squad mate and friend Rachel said it best, “We are like rubber bands. If a rubber band sits stagnant it rots and falls apart, but if you continuously stretch it then it’ll 
continue to stretch.” One boy who has stretched me and taught me the most is Asher.
Asher is a child at Sarah’s Covenant House (SCH) who has really stolen my heart. At six months old he was left abandoned and taken to a local hospital by police. Once he was at the hospital, the doctors said that he was 90% mentally handicap, had skin disease and also blind. With so many disabilities, the doctors didn’t think there was much hope for this beautiful child. SCH took him in and now he understands music, sound, touch, can speak a little, and also is learning to walk. By all accounts, I would never have thought that God would teach me such a profound lesson from such a small broken child who is now five.
I was holding Asher in the room that the children have school in. Spending time with him and making him smile by tickling him and playing small games. I sat Asher down on the table directly in front of me so I could take a picture of him. Still close enough though that he could still feel my touch. Every time that I would accidentally stop touching him he would start to cry and then I would touch him again and he would stop. If I would move again he would start again etc… In that moment, how much did this resemble God’s aching love for us!
Asher was reaching out like the Father reaching out and wanting us to feel His presence. He’s wanting to touch us and feel us but I wouldn’t continue to touch him. I would not touch Asher for just a second and things would go sour. I can remember times in my life where I quit looking for God’s touch and struggles would begin. God wants to touch our lives and be present, but if we are not willing to feel Him and accept what He is doing then we fall short because we are trying on our own. We can never do anything on our own, but only through Christ. I feel God right now in my life and he is there touching me while I take this journey. He wants to direct me day after day and let me know He is there, I just have to obey and accept it.
It’s amazing what you can learn from a five year old child. Pray for Asher as he continues to grow. Through prayer he will overcome his blindness and his inability to walk. God has already proved that Asher is smart by the way he is able to speak now. God can do miraculous things through those who pray. You just have to show a little faith.
I am at $11,000 still and have $5,000 left to raise to be fully paid off. Thank You to those who have blessed me so far. This is just one of many stories to come of what your gift is doing for the kingdom and for young children like Asher. Also this will be my last blog while in India. We will be flying to Nepal for ministry and for Aid Relief next Tuesday. I love you all and God Bless
