Walking home the other night, we witnessed a child being "beaten". My heart was breaking!
Walking through the market to buy groceries and a woman, clearly homeless, asks me for money. My heart was breaking!
Listening to the endless stories of my girls and what they go through on a daily basis. My heart was breaking!
Hearing of Haitian teachers who have worked for YEARS without a cent in pay. My heart was breaking!
Everyday my heart breaks a little more for these people that I love. How can I help? What can I do? And then it hits me...I can smile!
What? Smile? How can you smile in those moments? Well, when I remember who is in charge, who loves each of these people MORE than I do, who has promised to be there, I can smile in TRUST!
I can smile with these people and help them to remember the same thing. That doesn't mean I don't HURT for them and with them! It just means that I am choosing to trust God to do what only He can do. I can't stop all the beatings. I can't find a home for all the homeless. I can't shelter my girls from the lives they have to live. I can't pay all the teachers who haven't been paid. There are so many things I can't do BUT I can smile with each one and remind them that there is a God who is bigger than all this!
I was walking down the street with a heavy heart this morning. I looked up and a young girl smiled at me. I realized how much joy filled my heart just by her simple smile. I am so thankful that we have the confidence to smile because we know that God is in control of all this. I want to be quick to smile!
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