This
young man had been living in an orphanage in another country. He said he
recalled people coming to visit him and his friends—just as these students were
doing—and then going away. Occasionally someone would come back and adopt a
child. But each time he was left behind he would wonder, What’s wrong with
me?
When the
teenagers would visit an orphanage—and then leave—those old feelings came back
to him. So the others in the group prayed for him—and thanked God that one day
a woman (his new mother) showed up and chose him as her very own son. It was a
celebration of an act of love that gave one boy hope.
Across
the world are children who need to know of God’s love for them (Matt. 18:4-5;
Mark 10:13-16; James 1:27). Clearly, we can’t all adopt or visit these
children—and indeed we are not expected to. But we can all do something:
Support. Encourage. Teach. Pray. When we love the world’s children, we honor
our Father who adopted us into His family (Gal. 4:4-7).
The more
God’s love grows in us, the more His love flows from us. (RBC)
