She screams!! Excruciating pain…horror…SCREAMING! Her father is raping her…she is only 6 MONTHS OLD. A precious baby. The neighbors hear the commotion. They call the police and thankfully the police put her father behind bars. Her older sister clings to her little sister knowing all too well the horror. Their mom leaves them alone because she is not mentally stable.
They stand there crying, defiled, abandoned, and frightened. The authorities contact a family who owns an orphanage. They take these girls in. During the school year they stay with a family and other orphans at the school. On the holiday breaks they get to go home to spend time with a loving Christian family who takes care of them.
Unfortunately, there are so many sad stories like these little girls. Everywhere we go I feel like I hear a story about someone being abused, abandoned, mistreated, etc. We hear these stories in America as well. When are we going to begin to open our hearts, eyes, and ears to the hurting people in this world? They are all around us. The woman at the checkout counter, the janitor, the kid cracking jokes, the powerful business owner. The list goes on. They come in every shape, age, ethnicity, nationality, and gender. Can’t we take the time out of our day to just ask the stranger near us how they really are doing? People are looking for someone to care enough to listen. Not the, “hey, I got five minutes for you to tell me what is going on”. But giving them all the time they need. Maybe it doesn’t all come out in one sitting. We all have some type of trust issues and need a way to build it enough to open up. Who around you needs the love of Jesus to pour out of you onto them?
These are lives Jesus is reaching through me on this race. He breaks my heart for them allowing me to pour ALL HIS LOVE on them. Letting them know they are worthy of love and are precious to Him. I want to continue learning how to listen and love on people. No matter where we are we are called to “bring the good news to the poor; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound”. (Isaiah 61:1)
I still need $3,290 before January 1st in order to continue.
