When we returned from the orphanage the following day, we began
showing the women at our home the pictures we had taken of the children. We soon came
across a picture of me holding one of the two boys mentioned previously. One
of the girls squealed with delight as she looked upon this shot of her son.
showing the women at our home the pictures we had taken of the children. We soon came
across a picture of me holding one of the two boys mentioned previously. One
of the girls squealed with delight as she looked upon this shot of her son.
I was at once flooded with a mixture of emotions. I felt joy
at knowing their mother had not abandoned them; she had simply left them for a time in
the care of others who are more capable of providing for them than she
currently is. I felt shock in
recognizing that without the intervention of Christ’s love, these
precious children could have been left to die alone on the streets. And I was in awe
of God’s love which had made these boys to be children of light rather than children of the darkness out of which they were conceived.
at knowing their mother had not abandoned them; she had simply left them for a time in
the care of others who are more capable of providing for them than she
currently is. I felt shock in
recognizing that without the intervention of Christ’s love, these
precious children could have been left to die alone on the streets. And I was in awe
of God’s love which had made these boys to be children of light rather than children of the darkness out of which they were conceived.
We soon learned that many of the children we fell in love with those
two days are children of mothers we’ve been working with at the home. They were children borne of
prostitution. I feel as though the implications of such a conception are vast and overwhelming. Still, one thing was clear: no matter the form of conception, these
children are not a mistake!
two days are children of mothers we’ve been working with at the home. They were children borne of
prostitution. I feel as though the implications of such a conception are vast and overwhelming. Still, one thing was clear: no matter the form of conception, these
children are not a mistake!
1 Corinthians 1:27 says, “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.”
There is nothing too big for our God to make right. There is no life He
calls unwanted. There is not one on the face of the earth He wouldn’t
again choose to die for.
calls unwanted. There is not one on the face of the earth He wouldn’t
again choose to die for.
I saw the great love of our Father upon these children of light in a way I have never before experienced, and it changed me. His love and His ways are greater than any scheme of the enemy, and it is true that our great God makes all things good!
