I’m a little ashamed to admit that there are lonely Sunday afternoons when I want, crave, pray for, someone to love.
Lonely Sunday afternoons when I grapple with God.
Why haven’t You granted me a husband or kids to pour into?
Why haven’t You provided an outlet for my overflowing heart?
When will I finally have someone to love?
The devil must snicker to himself as I covet what I don’t have, as I question God’s plans, and as I neglect to see the obvious. The obvious that hit me today like a ton of bricks.
There are no lack of someones to love in my life.
They might not come in the package I expected. But they are here. They are there. They are everywhere.
If I would just open my eyes.
Take Amelia for example, a young girl I fell in love with today at our first Compassion project.
A coy little smile, a shy wave, a tap on the shoulder, and she had my heart. It became quite obvious that Amelia was someone right here, right now, that I could love.
Amelia was someone to remind me of the hundreds of someones I have neglected.
And Amelia was someone to convince me to stop focusing on the WHY and WHEN and start focusing on the HOW and WHOM.
How can I pour out the love of Christ that flows within me?
Who do I have the opportunity and resources to invest in?
How can I leave a legacy of love?
Are you looking for someone to love? Did you know that for just $38 a month you can break the cycle of poverty for a child like Amelia? Did you know that for just $38 you can pour out of the love of Christ on a child like Amelia?
Click here if you are interested in learning more or sponsoring a child from Guatemala.
Click here to read my friends’ beautiful reflections on this journey with Compassion.
Are you ready to stop asking God why and when and start asking him how and whom?
PS – Thanks Keely for the amazing photos.
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