Sad eyes watch me as I exit the car, hands outstretch the tiny voice begs me. We will watch the car the voice says. My heart bleeds, my eyes water, my voice trembles as I want to just give. I want to give my all to them. I want to open the car and say come in, look take these clothes, take this food, just take, please take, take it all….sigh
Then reality sets in, this is their world. They sleep on the streets, they beg and they huddle together or on cardboard for warmth. They know no school, they know no home, and some know no parents, but these streets they sure know. Street Children they are called but they are God’s Children. They are our brothers and sisters and they need to be treated so. I want to hold them all and say it is okay, let us go home.
The streets of Philippines are filled with them, and they walk the streets as we walk our bedrooms. This is their home, their bedroom. There is hope though, there has been change, cause as we were told to Love one another as He loved us, we are also told to ‘Forget what lies behind, and strain forward for what lies ahead, to continue our pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus’. We were told to Move forward in Christ. To hold these little children and with Christ we would be able to move forward.
Jesus told us that unless we accept the kingdom of God as a child we would not enter into it. We must humble ourselves. So instead of feeling sorry and sad for them, I behave like them. I beg my God, I ask my papa to give me what I need in this world, what he wants of me. I look to him with child like eyes and in a trembling voice I ask him “Please papa please… I honour you and come to you just as the children in the street came to me”
There is hope in all things, as God answered prayers through Gawad Kalinga (Giving care). GK is a social ministry under Couples for Christ and has been working with various partner groups to ensure that they can give care to persons all over Philippines. It is also established in the US as well as Papa New Guinea and other CFC countries. I was told before I left TnT that I would want to do all for these children and it would hurt my heart just seeing them. It sure did, but I also wanted to do more for my country, for my sweet TnT. For the children who can not go to school because they have to go look for food, for the families that do not know where their next meal is coming from. For the youths who do not know where to turn and end up in the hands of the drug dealers, I have hope and I know I can bring hope, may or may not be in my life time, but surely in God’s time.
I am ready for the challenge; I am ready to help that little child who cried out to me, I am ready to save my sweet TnT. God was always ready, so now let us be ready.
More for the poor, less for the rich and for sure there would be enough for everyone. Let us do our part now!
Then reality sets in, this is their world. They sleep on the streets, they beg and they huddle together or on cardboard for warmth. They know no school, they know no home, and some know no parents, but these streets they sure know. Street Children they are called but they are God’s Children. They are our brothers and sisters and they need to be treated so. I want to hold them all and say it is okay, let us go home.
The streets of Philippines are filled with them, and they walk the streets as we walk our bedrooms. This is their home, their bedroom. There is hope though, there has been change, cause as we were told to Love one another as He loved us, we are also told to ‘Forget what lies behind, and strain forward for what lies ahead, to continue our pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus’. We were told to Move forward in Christ. To hold these little children and with Christ we would be able to move forward.
Jesus told us that unless we accept the kingdom of God as a child we would not enter into it. We must humble ourselves. So instead of feeling sorry and sad for them, I behave like them. I beg my God, I ask my papa to give me what I need in this world, what he wants of me. I look to him with child like eyes and in a trembling voice I ask him “Please papa please… I honour you and come to you just as the children in the street came to me”
There is hope in all things, as God answered prayers through Gawad Kalinga (Giving care). GK is a social ministry under Couples for Christ and has been working with various partner groups to ensure that they can give care to persons all over Philippines. It is also established in the US as well as Papa New Guinea and other CFC countries. I was told before I left TnT that I would want to do all for these children and it would hurt my heart just seeing them. It sure did, but I also wanted to do more for my country, for my sweet TnT. For the children who can not go to school because they have to go look for food, for the families that do not know where their next meal is coming from. For the youths who do not know where to turn and end up in the hands of the drug dealers, I have hope and I know I can bring hope, may or may not be in my life time, but surely in God’s time.
I am ready for the challenge; I am ready to help that little child who cried out to me, I am ready to save my sweet TnT. God was always ready, so now let us be ready.
More for the poor, less for the rich and for sure there would be enough for everyone. Let us do our part now!
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