Where is the Hope?

Little children, made beautifully in the sight of God, yet rejected and left to die because they require more than this society can give them. If left to the state run orphanage, many would already be dead. This place offers healing, and hope, but only for today. For many of these children the future remains unclear, and uncertain, and even destined for hopelessness. Today they are here, being fed, clothed, bathed,  cared for, yet tomorrow they could be sent back to their prisons, the institution which in the past, had already given up hope on them. A chosen few will find homes, the rest……….

This morning Kim was reading the following scripture passage: Leviticus 21:16 – 24 says “ The LORD said to Moses “Say to Aaron  “for the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed; no man with a crippled foot or hand, or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food; yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD who makes them holy.”

So what about these children, they are the lame, blind, disfigured. They are the helpless, the rejected, the dying, the unclean.

When Jesus came, he gathered the children to his arms “let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” Luke 18:16.  He healed the withered hand, gave sight to the blind, strengthened the legs of the lame and made them run, cleansed the unclean, delivered the demon possessed. He purifies the hearts of the sinner, making us all clean, allowing us all to enter into his presence and fellowship with him.

So what do we do with these children? It seems overwhelming and out of our control. We stand in the gap for them, bringing them into the presence of Jesus for the help and healing they need. We touch them, hold them, love them while we can. We don’t forget their faces once we go home, and trust that God will care for them. We pray for the family of God to take a stand for justice for the helpless, to provide families, and long term healing for them. We ask God for a miracle for each child, simply because He loves them, and He can do it: He has power over all earthly authorities, He can do anything.

He knows their names

He knows their anxious thoughts

He sees each tear that Falls

And hears them when they call.