Meet A Sweet Angel…
Ok, tell me… How could you not fall in love with such a beautiful girl?
This little Girl is a 7 yr. old little girl that has been at the New Faith Children’s Home, the orphanage that we have been working with this month in the Philippines. When we arrived here at the beginning of the month, she had been here only a couple of weeks. We began this month off with a challenge by Jeff, to go deep with a few. To maximize our impact. I have prayed that children would be placed in my path that I could really pour into while I was here. I wanted to be more effective in those lives, than feel pressured to provide that connection with every child I met. It‘s amazing how God answers your prayers!
So my problem in all of this…
How do I LOVE so abundantly, knowing that in a month’s time I have to leave this precious child. Am I really helping her, or am I now going to create a new wound and a glimpse of what she could have and is desperately missing in her life?
I REALLY struggled with this as we were beginning to share such a strong emotional connection. Not only that, but I KNOW what loss feels like…
I have been her…but I know with everything in me that God has purpose in EVERYTHING. Even though my logical mind knows all the right things, sometimes my heart doesn’t seem to echo that. I prayed earnestly for God’s direction with how I should proceed… do I continue to pour more of myself, or do I keep my heart protected and try to shelter hers and by that choice, we would both miss the beautiful gift God has placed into our lives.
After much time in prayer, I realized my purpose with her is not to save her from her life, but to equip her for life in general. Maybe the only thing I can give her is all ofmy heart for a limited time, and maybe to pass on to her at this point, that people ARE going to leave you in your life, that will happen, that is life.
The UNDENIABLE truth however,
is that GOD will NEVER leave or FORSAKE you.
On your most joyous days as well as the ones you want to bury your head under the covers and not take a breath, God will be there along side you walking with you, holding your hand. I am so thankful that I had that gift given to me at the age of 9. I don’t know how I would have gotten through some of the days in my life, if He hadn’t been there to pick me up.
Please pray for this sweet, precious, angel. Pray that God blesses her life with abundance and protection from anything that would steal His joy from her life. Pray that her scars , whether on the outside or the ones we bury on the inside can be healed with HIS love and power. I am so thankful that she is in a place that is instilling God’s love in her now. That is truly the gift that will give to her endlessly. She was CHOSEN by God, just as we are… I pray that she grows to fulfill her destiny in Him.
“In him we were also chosen, have been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.” Eph. 1:11
