Thursday, June 30, 2011

Value

Yesterday we were at the Children's Home for the sick and terminal. How do you choose? How do you choose out of 40 cribs which child needs to be loved the most? It's funny, we all come with preconceived ideas of what an experience is going to be like. When I heard we would be visiting here I thought it would be the "throw away" children of Haiti. The babies no one cared for. My experience today proved my assumptions wrong.

In American culture we place value based on where you come from, what kind of job you have, what you look like, what kind of clothes you wear, how talented you are, etc. In Jesus world things are much different. I watched the mother of a 2 month old who was one of the newest babies. Silent tears were streaming down her face as she gazed at her baby boy.Her heart was breaking that she had to leave him here. This baby had unsurpassable value to her. Than there was the 10 year old girl who was visiting her 15 month old brother. He could not have weighed more than 10 lbs. His skin hung from his bones, his face skeletal, his hands wrapped, and IV in his head. His face looked like he was 80 years old. I wasn't sure how he was still alive. The sister lovingly changed him. She tenderly held him and fed him through a feeding tube. He looked so small & fragile in her strong little arms. You could see she loved him intensely. She valued him like a priceless treasure. There is something in these moments we need to grasp. Our culture places value on things. Jesus world turns everything upside down. These children are so valuable to Him. Jesus loved children. He held them and healed them. He told His disciples not to hinder them because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. AMEN!

By Laura Fixsen

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