She weeped in my lap
Traveling the world, you see a lot of beautiful things. You get to see the beauty of God’s creation from a new perspective. I have loved this part about the World Race. Traveling through different countries, being immersed in culture, and falling in love with the people everywhere we go. It’s beautiful.
But with all of that, there is still so much heartbreak.
Last Friday, we were doing our final kid’s club. Our host sends a bus to a place with extreme poverty and invites all the kids to come to church. At church, they get a bible story, worship, food, and so much fun. It’s a time for them to just be kids.
But the last one we had with the kids overwhelmed my soul. As we were singing worship, our host told the kids this would be our last Friday with them. That we were leaving Romania on Saturday to go to our next country. Then we continued to sing worship to God and it wasn’t until we hit this one song, that talks about God as Father, that these children began to weep.
Like, not just crying. Full on weeping.
The three girls who were sitting next to me began to weep in my arms. I held them, praying to God to give me wisdom on what I should do.
But God just kept just nudging me to hold them. He just wanted me to love them and love them with His heart.
You see, these kids have really hard home lives. Their parents usually beg for money, entertain for it, or steal. They usually only have one parent at home along with their many siblings. They are sexualized at an extremely young age. They have seen a lot in their short lives and have been exposed to so much.
And they are so desperate for a pure kind of love.
I was so overwhelmed in this moment. God, how do I help these kids who are in so much pain? How do I make it better? Can I? What do I do?
“Just love them. Be a safe place for them.”
That’s what God wanted me to do.
So even though I was angry at the people who hurt these kids and heartbroken for the pain they felt, God used this moment to show me something. During this time, our host said something that will change my life forever…
He said,
“When somebody hurts you, God will always send someone to love you.”
That’s it. I have seen time and time again God show up for those the world has hurt. For the innocent ones. For the ones who are surrounded by brokenness. The ones who society rejects.
God sends people to love them
And sometimes, by the beautiful grace of God, we have the honor to be those people.
What an amazing month. Full of beautiful memories and a family I will hold close to my heart forever.
