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This information was posted in Tom Davis' Blog. He is a young man with a heart for the poor and orphaned. You can access his blog on: Tom's Blog We have a team in Swaziland, that nation in Africa where nearly half the adult population has the AIDS virus. I received this email from Gary Black in Swaziland today and it wrecked me: "The team found a four week-old laying on its dead mother yesterday, they kept it - we are getting it to the abandoned baby hospital Friday." ( There was a picture of this baby but I could not figure out how to put it into this blog.GW) What do we do with this? That's my son's team down there. I don't know about you, but I'm outraged by a world that produces situations like this.
And while that may seem like a world away to many, for my son, it's as immediate as it is heart-wrenching.
The only thing that appalls me more is that so many of us Americans who can do something about this are more interested in stuff that will only ultimately burn up in the big fire.
God help us. God, help us to wake up. Help us to see how much you love the widow and the orphan. God help us to break as you are broken up over this four week-old.
God, help me to lose this tortoise shell religion that sheds these kinds of tragic situations like water. Forgive me God for not praying more. Forgive me for not emptying my bank account for your little ones. God, we have lost true religion. We have sought finer sanctuaries and better parking lots.
We have tried to fill our church pews with seekers, but we have not sought your children dying on their mother's chests. We need to see a way out of this mess that we've got ourselves in. God, help us in this 21st century mindset that we've acquired. I don't even know what else to pray.
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| February 22, 2008 |
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| how I help? This make me think. I want to help but I not know how. |
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| February 22, 2008 |
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| this is so true. Also water wells are needed. Joyce Meyers, Nicole C. Mullens, Beth Moore, Life Today Ministries all have sites and ppl that go and help. Some local churches do the same, call around and ask. Our church does alot of missions, I am proud of that. Love~ |
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| February 22, 2008 |
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| Thanks Glory. I hope to repost this elsewhere to make my fellow Christians more aware. |
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| February 22, 2008 |
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Hi GloryW,
The outrage should be directed at sin, which is the root of the problem which caused the death of this baby's mother, isn't it? Most well intentioned Christians simply aren't aware of the situation in Swaziland. We live in a suffering world, I guarantee you this isn't the only baby that was orphaned today. Many Christians work to ease suffering, in fact I might hazard a guess that Christian organizations are doing more than anyone else in the world to ease suffering - but I could be wrong, I don't have statistics.
Outrage sounds like anger to me, and I would hope and pray that you can turn your negative emotions and energy around into positive action. Heartbreak is a good thing, when the Lord is breaking your heart in order to guide you by his Spirit. Thanks for posting this, my heart is broken as yours is. I wanna adopt that very baby!! (I should probably discuss this w/my wife first though!)
God bless,
~mike |
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| February 23, 2008 |
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Oh this breaks my heart, I am still new in my faith, but my heart was aching before this post and more so now. I agree with many, your son is in my prayers, as well as you. I am also like Arlene I am low income, but I would give everything to go to a place like this to help out. Also as I said I am low income, but if I had one dime to spare I would give it away in a heart beat. I have friends in India that just need $2,000 for a small peice of property there for a place for helpless children. I see this more and more each day, the small children and widows suffer so much. I only pray my faith grow and grow and God give me the blessings and resources to do something like this. I will place this in my prayers.
GB, and thanks for passing this along, April |
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| February 23, 2008 |
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| I appreciate all the comments and prayers for these poor children and all those that are laying their lives down to help them. I do want to clarify that this is not my son's work, but the son of the one who originally wrote the blog. None the less, my heart breaks that the sins of the fathers(and mothers) so effect these innocent ones. The word says we reap what we sow, but many times we also reap what others sow...good and bad. |
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