Hi Sweet and Compassionate Bloggy Friends,
Isaiah chapter 9 is usually quoted throughout the month of December in Christmas Pageants, Sermons and even around many dinner tables. It is part of acknowledging the real reason for the season... "Unto us a Child is Born."
This Child, Jesus, came to walk the dusty roads of this Earth so that God's true spirit could reside in all who believe. We don't have to be a people who just know about God. We can be a people who know God Himself.
A people who have pressed in close to God's very heartbeat in hopes of our own hearts beating in tandem with His... that is who we can be.
And that is who you are as evidenced by the amazing outpouring of love for kids you have never seen and a nation most of you have never stepped foot on.
Liberia cried out. You listened. You gave. You prayed. You cared.
These little children kneel beside their make shift beds in Liberia every day thanking God for their very breath of life and asking God for food and provisions to make it possible to live another day. When my boys came home, these were still the prayers that they prayed. Hearing my boys' pray with such raw need made my heart ache for the children still in the orphanage.
That ache never goes away once it has seeped deep enough into one's heart to touch their soul. It is an ache that pulses with God's heart beat. It is an ache to be a part of what Isaiah chapter 9 says will happen because a "Child is born." A Child who became a Savior. And a Savior who calls His people to believe and to act because of that belief.
Isaiah 9: 2-3, "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. You have enlarged a nation and increased their joy..."
Thank you bloggy friends for the way you have prayed, given, and cared for the orphans in Liberia. I am beyond thrilled to announce our blogging community has given over $3700 to date to help feed the orphans in Hoover Village.
That is 92 bags of rice. That means the orphanage will have food for the next 46 days.
Thank you sweet sisters! You have made God smile.
Will you do one more thing? Each time you are in the grocery store and you pass by the shelf that holds rice... will you pray for the kids in Hoover Village? Giving money will feed them for over a month. Your prayers will linger for eternity.
Thank you!
And be sure to pop over to Karen Ehman's site today to see her organization post to solve many of the problem areas you posted about on Friday. And she'll be announcing the winners of her book give away as well.
Isaiah chapter 9 is usually quoted throughout the month of December in Christmas Pageants, Sermons and even around many dinner tables. It is part of acknowledging the real reason for the season... "Unto us a Child is Born."
This Child, Jesus, came to walk the dusty roads of this Earth so that God's true spirit could reside in all who believe. We don't have to be a people who just know about God. We can be a people who know God Himself.
A people who have pressed in close to God's very heartbeat in hopes of our own hearts beating in tandem with His... that is who we can be.
And that is who you are as evidenced by the amazing outpouring of love for kids you have never seen and a nation most of you have never stepped foot on.
Liberia cried out. You listened. You gave. You prayed. You cared.
These little children kneel beside their make shift beds in Liberia every day thanking God for their very breath of life and asking God for food and provisions to make it possible to live another day. When my boys came home, these were still the prayers that they prayed. Hearing my boys' pray with such raw need made my heart ache for the children still in the orphanage.
That ache never goes away once it has seeped deep enough into one's heart to touch their soul. It is an ache that pulses with God's heart beat. It is an ache to be a part of what Isaiah chapter 9 says will happen because a "Child is born." A Child who became a Savior. And a Savior who calls His people to believe and to act because of that belief.
Isaiah 9: 2-3, "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. You have enlarged a nation and increased their joy..."
Thank you bloggy friends for the way you have prayed, given, and cared for the orphans in Liberia. I am beyond thrilled to announce our blogging community has given over $3700 to date to help feed the orphans in Hoover Village.
That is 92 bags of rice. That means the orphanage will have food for the next 46 days.
Thank you sweet sisters! You have made God smile.
Will you do one more thing? Each time you are in the grocery store and you pass by the shelf that holds rice... will you pray for the kids in Hoover Village? Giving money will feed them for over a month. Your prayers will linger for eternity.
Thank you!
And be sure to pop over to Karen Ehman's site today to see her organization post to solve many of the problem areas you posted about on Friday. And she'll be announcing the winners of her book give away as well.
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