In you

In you,

the orphan finds mercy. Hosea  14:3

In you,

 they are children of God. 1 John 3:2 

In you, 

they have hope.  1 Corinthians  15:19

In you, 

they can rejoice.  Romans  5:2

In you, 

they have life. John 4:13

In you, 

they can have faith.  Hebrews 11:1

In you, 

they have strength. Ephesians 6:10

In you, 

they are forgiven. James 5:15

In you, 

they can forgive. Matthew 6:12

In you, 

they have a love they can call there own. Song of Solomon 2:16

I will not leave you nor forsake you, I will come to you. John 14:18

faith bigger than fear. 

My Sweet Ordeartha

my sweet precious daughter,

I hope you know your a child of the highest Kingdom. 

I hope as your waking up, and lying your head to sleep you feel safe in my arms. 

I hope that you never forget about those dreams you keep to yourself...

I also hope you share them with the world. 

I hope you chase after your dreams, and never let anyone tell you "You Can't".

I hope you know I'll love you more than your mother and father were supposed to love you. 

I hope you know that my love is:

UNENDING

AND

UNFAILING

I hope you know I did not want you to feel: hurt, betrayed and alone. 

But I hope you feel: joy, peace and comfort.

I hope you know my love surrounds you every second of every day. 

I hope you know that I your heavenly father, have BIG dreams for you. 

I hope you know that I'm thinking of you.

I hope you know that I love you. 

I hope you know I have more hope for you than anyone in the world. 

I hope you know that I created you to be exactly who you are, and that it's perfect. 

I hope you hold your head up high and walk with confidence knowing you have:

Hope.

Have faith bigger than fear Ordeartha.

Hakuna Matata?

It means no worries, for the rest of your days. 

Lion King.. we all know of coarse one of the great Disney classics

but today while I watched it among, yes other grown adults, 

I watched it from a different point of view. 

I thought about all those beautiful children and all the worries of their days. 

What am I going to eat today?

Will I eat today?

What am I going to do with my life?

Can I have an education?

Will I ever be loved?

Will I ever love?

What is the purpose of my life?

Worries, that yes we worry about in the States as well...

but when your these children.. these questions...these are questions of survival. 

Then I wonder about the verse Matthew 6:25

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious abut your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?"

I know these children are anxious about  every second, of every day. 

But there is a God who is watching over them every second, of every day.

They worry about what tomorrow   brings. 

But God has seen tomorrow and has taken care of what  He will bring.

He says "Hakuna Matata" 

Do not worry my child for the rest of your precious days.

Faith bigger than fear

Broken heart for broken children...

Recently I've been reading a book by Heidi Baker called Always Enough. Heidi Baker is one inspirational lady who lived in Mozambique, Africa and has started an orphanage. And done much, much, more. I was reading last night and just thinking about how awesome it is that she is just living there loving those children. 

Let me just explain what I was reading.. and you will understand how I'm feeling. 

Heidi was talking about she was walking around the streets, and on her way to the market when she see's a little girl laying on the street.

In my head I automatically start to think

about all the beautiful children

I saw    

In Rwanda. 

She continues to talk about how she went up to this little girl, to see if she would talk. 

The little girl was abused, abandoned and diseased. 

Heidi didn't care. 

I didn't care about what the kids

were diseased with

they needed love

I was going to give it. 

Heidi say's the little girl was terrified and wouldn't talk.

Heidi held her, and took her to the orphanage. 

She said that the first night the little girl was so scared that she couldn't sleep.

Heidi held her till she fell asleep. 

Heidi got scabies and lice from that little girl

she didn't mind, because the next day that girl felt loved and began to talk. 

When I read this one paragraph in this book

my heart began to ache.

I thought about the  dozen kids I held

 that I could have got lice and scabies from

but none of that mattered when

you see their faces

light up.

I thought especially about one little girl... 

She was one girl in the orphanage that didn't 

run to grab your hand

or sit on your lap

play with your hair

and want to be held. 

She was terrified and didn't talk.

But when I saw her, all I wanted her to know was that she was loved.

So I held her.

Until she fell asleep.

These kids are broken

They are beaten

They are diseased

and unwanted. 

But they are also loved, wanted, desired, pure, whole and a child of God in the highest Kingdom. 

my heart is broken for these kids...

but that's why my faith is bigger than my fear.