can i be doing more...

“The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases and the 8.5 million who work as child slaves, prostitutes, or under other horrific conditions and the 2.3 million who live with HIV add up to 164.8 million needy children. And though at first glance that looks like a big number, 2.1 billion people on this earth proclaim to be Christians. The truth is that if only 8 percent of the Christians would care for one more child, there would not be any statistics left.”
― Katie J. Davis, Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption

 

if you haven't read this book

you should

 

the feelings are back

ones that i can't shake

i don't know what that means and at times i'm afraid to find out

some of the things that consume my mind

scare me

surely He's not calling me, calling us, to do what i think He is

but through all the thoughts
the feelings
the what ifs
there is a peace and a full confidence that He knows what he is doing

 

i feel we all have to do more

do i think every family should adopt?

no

do i think more families should adopt?

yes

do i think that all of us could and should be doing more

regarding the millions of children that are suffering?

yes

 

there are so many ways to help make huge change in the lives of kids

become a foster parent

you don't have to even go through an organization

just contact your local children and youth services

sponsor a child

it's easy.  this summer my brother blogged about a trip he took

about the children he met

about how we can help change their lives
anyone can sponsor a child

sponsor another childs adoption

i can't keep my eyes off this site right now

so many children

abandoned

and if nothing changes their futures look horrific

asylums

their lives spent in cribs

if we aren't going to bring these babies into our homes

the least we can do is support those financially who will
each of these options can radically change the life of a child

i'm determined to do more
not sure exactly what that is going to look like
but i know i have to do more

james 1:27
religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless
is this;
to look after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world