This is a devotional a friend sent to us today. Very thought provoking...
"Alone and Abandoned"
I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no
helper.
Job 29:12 NASB
One of the things we tend to forget, overlook or just simply ignore
when thinking about adoption is how desperately needy some children are.
This came to mind again when hearing the story of a local couple who
felt the need to share their family of six with a child from Guatemala.
All that’s known about young Heidy Paola is that she was found in a
cardboard box by the side of the road. She was less than a year old,
abandoned to die until a policeman walked over to dispose of what he
thought was an empty carton. Inside he found a sunburned, dehydrated infant,
still breathing . . . somehow.
His decision to take her to a nearby orphanage probably wasn’t
automatic. Many children are left unwanted in underprivileged countries,
where poverty and need outrank parental concern in case after case. One
more wasn’t a surprise. But because of God’s working through one
man’s rescue efforts, a little baby left to die ultimately became a little
girl growing up in an orphanage.
When her adoptive parents first entered the dormitory where Heidy had
lived since arriving at the orphanage, she rushed from her caretaker’s
side and lunged into her new mommy’s arms. The bond was powerful and
immediate. Nothing could be closer to God’s heart than this.
I firmly believe that adoption is one of the central efforts in our day
that can define the Church’s compassion for the world. With no one
to protect them, children are in such distress. Their need is so great.
May God raise up families who will reach out and give the helpless a
home—a mommy and daddy who will protect them.
One child, hurting and in need, with no hope, no one. What can you do
to help a child like this experience God’s love?
Pray that your family will represent God’s heart of compassion to the
fatherless.
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