We’ve all seen the pictures…pictures of unthinkable living conditions, pictures of beautiful children in clothing filled with holes and covered in dirt, pictures of trash filled streets. We’ve all seen the commercial about orphans who need our help standing in dirt streets looking so sad. I have but at that time they were just pictures, just a commercial.
Now it’s real. Now I’ve seen it for myself. I know the names of those kids. I’ve seen the “homes” smaller than our closets that a family of 6 live in one bed. I’ve prayed for a woman who is raising 5 kids on her own while she has HIV and Tuberculosis. I’ve held the crying child.
My heart is broken. Knowing and loving these people for real makes it so different. I want to help them all. It makes me question so much. How does God decide who gets to grow up in wealth and who ends up in severe poverty? How do they have such joy while we have everything we need and are so empty? What can I do to help?
At the end of the day despite all of my questions, I know that God is still good. He loves each of us personally and intimately. He knows what he is doing and he works it all to our good. So I’m trusting in that and praying like crazy for these people.
Please join me in praying for the people of Zimbabwe. Pray that their government would be a fair system instead of a corrupt system. Pray for the people living in extreme poverty and for their beautiful children. Pray that I might be used by God to help these people in any way possible but most importantly that they will see the love of Christ through me.
