Compassion

Rescue the perishing; don't hesitate to step in and help. If you say, "Hey, that's none of my business," will that get you off the hook? Someone is watching you closely, you know - Someone not impressed with weak excuses.
~ Proverbs 24:11-12

We live in a land of abundance. Even if we're not rich by our own standards, we must see that we surrounded by affluence on every side and we're incredibly wealthy by most of the world's assessment. We live in a nation that provides opportunities for advancement and has a system that attempts to care for those who find themselves in tight spots. I would challenge that almost all, if not all, those who read this blog have never gone hungry because there was no food available or slept outdoors because there was no shelter. Most Americans have never watched someone die of a curable disease or lived with parasites because their only water came out of a dirty well. This is life in America.

This is not life in many other parts of the world. Walk with me down dusty roads in Kenya where the children scavenge for fruits and there's one well within three miles where water can be obtained. Sit with me in the streets of India where children are forced to beg for scraps from passersby and the only bathroom is the gutter on the side of the road. Journey around the globe and see lives torn apart by war and famine, disease and disability, the reality of poverty that's experienced by so very many who live out their lives in places we've only heard of.

Know that there is a light in the darkness though. For the children who go to bed hungry and watch their parents and friends suffer from disease there is help. There is One who watches and knows their needs and loves them ever so much. God sees. God loves. God calls all of us to care. God's heart for the downtrodden is reflected in the ministry of Compassion International. This ministry reaches out to those in desperate situations and gives them hope. From sickness to health, hopelessness to hope, hunger to satisfaction, and ultimately we pray for death to life as they're introduced to the Lord.

This ministry reaches across the globe to help those in need. The challenge is huge - millions of children are in need. Compassion seeks to stand in the gap. Yet they can't do it alone.

It takes us to make a difference. Compassion provides the vehicle but it's us who can actively change lives. For $32 a month you can sponsor a child in need. In our land of abundance it might not even seem that such an amount can make a difference but for the six children I've sponsored over the years, a difference has been made.

Don't shy away from this call. I'll be bold about asking you to consider helping a child. This is a ministry that changes the lives of those who we believers are called to care for and, in doing that, we too are changed! Seek God's heart on this and get involved in taking action for the least of this world!

Visit www.Compassion.com to find out more!