Looking Away

You know you have seen them. Those TV adverts featuring images you wish you could forget. But who can? children rummaging through garbage,without a family , malnourished and suffering from diseases even the poorest children in the west have long forgotten about .  But we often look away. Even though our heart breaks for them , we turn the channel and eat our supper . In reality if the heart was truly impacted , we would act.

[27] Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction......    James 1:27

True religion before God shows a deep concern for orphans and widows but more importantly , action. We need to act,to do something . Women and children are the ones who suffer the most in times of war,famine . They are marginalized in so many areas of the world. So what good is our faith if we sit silently by and do nothing. 

My wife and I have sponsored a little girl now for about 2 years. Why we did not do it years ago , I just ask for forgiveness in my slowness to respond. Since we have entered this little girls world, we have received a couple of letters , pictures and it has been a real blessing. To know we are having a real impact not only on her life but her families well being is humbling and gratifying. 

It has been said before that if Christians understood how much we have been shown grace and love through Jesus Christ , to bring about our salvation then our hearts should overflow with love . To be overflowing with love in a biblical sense is always grounded with action. 

Next time when those commercials come on TV , pay attention . Take action and change a life . It has been a wonderful feeling to know not only is the little girl we sponsor  getting fed,educated, but that the gospel is being shared as well . She has been told about Jesus and that is worth a million.