I sat in darkness tonight watching my baby boy fall asleep. He looked so innocent, vulnerable and small. My thoughts turned to other children in our world... I sat aware of the fact that as I watched my gorgeous little boy, somewhere else a baby lay in its mothers arms dying of starvation, another child was being beaten at the hands of angry parents because he wouldn't go to sleep, another child was sick, lying limp in parents arms as they felt helpless. My heart began to really ache. God, there is so much pain amongst the children of our world. What can we do? It seems such an unrealistic goal to change the world we live in. The answer came... pray... pray for the children you don't know, pray for those you can't physiclly help, pray specifically. So I did. My heart ached even more as I prayed for little hurt children I don't know. As the tears streamed down my face children I knew began to drop into my thoughts and I knew God was telling me to pray for them too.
There is unneccesary suffering in our world but there are things we can do to help. Compassion hurts and can sometimes feel like your heart is breaking but we have it for a reason. Don't brush it aside, embrace it and ask God what you personally can do.
visit www.jamuk.org to discover just one organisation making a huge difference to the lives of children in Africa.
There is unneccesary suffering in our world but there are things we can do to help. Compassion hurts and can sometimes feel like your heart is breaking but we have it for a reason. Don't brush it aside, embrace it and ask God what you personally can do.
visit www.jamuk.org to discover just one organisation making a huge difference to the lives of children in Africa.
