Waiting.

As we wait here in Kilgore, TX for what is next for us, I think about all of the other times in the past we have had to wait... and it's not an easy thing to do. My natural tendency is to do rather than to wait. I want to figure it out, make something happen. But recently my eyes have really been opened to the children in this world who are and have been waiting.... and waiting.... and waiting.... for food and clean water, for clothing, for a home, for someone to love them. My eyes fill with tears for them and my heart breaks because I cannot do anything to help them in their waiting. My waiting doesn't seem quite so urgent anymore. My needs are met. I am fed clothed, housed and loved.

Suddenly I am not so concerned with me anymore... I want to help them. So what can I do? Right now I can't go to these nations and orphanages, but I can help to care for them through organizations that are out there able to do the work. I can sponsor a child through Compassion Int'l and choose a child that's been waiting for months and months to be sponsored. There are several other places that need support to care for these children... Show Hope, 147million, Samaritan's Purse, Harvest Ministries efforts in Uganda, and countless others.

Someday, I do hope to go and be the hands, but for now I will support how I can and I will pray.

...furthermore, around us are children and homeless people, widows and people in prison that are waiting for the same show of compassion... how can I help them in their wait?


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For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

--Matt. 25:35&36