Today at church, we were blessed to have the Children of the World Choir perform as our worship service. The description of who the Children of the World are, is best explained using the description from their site: "Children of the World includes 47 orphaned and disadvantaged children from countries like India, Uganda and the Philippines. These children raise the level of awareness of the plight of homeless and orphaned children all over the world. Each concert includes powerful testimonies of their personal experiences, several songs in both English and native dialects, and a video presentation including footage of the children’s home countries. The choir began its 2007-2008 United States tour in September 2007 and will travel through June 2008, singing in churches, schools and other organizations."
We decided to take CB and BB to the service with us for their enjoyment of watching other children sing. They loved it, at least for about the 1st 20 minutes. The boys sat in our laps and watched with wide eyes as the Children performed songs and dances that represented different countries of the world. When the amazement wore off, we took them back to their "children's church" where they waited with anticipation to see the puppets.
I, too, watched in awe at the Children's performance. It brought tears of joy, amazement, sorrow, and hope. I have never been made more aware of just how "universal" God is. We tend to live in our box here in America and take for granted all that God has blessed us with. I have even been on a mission trip to Mexico and seen the poverty and lack of hope. But to see these children from all over the world made God so much bigger to me. He loves and cares for everbody, every culture, ever society, every orphan, every disease and poverty stricken country...not just Americans. What an amazing praise of God's love to see those children being rescued from the situation that this world had destined for them. To see God's destiny and plan being fulfilled through Christian missionaries doing what God had called them to do. These children were orphaned due to varies circumstances only to be adopted into God's kingdom. And to think that they have experienced God's love through to their abandonment.
I must say that watching them and learning about WorldHelp, brought back the memories of when I worked as a "social worker" at a local Children's Home. I loved helping orphans, abused, and neglected children. Although, some of my time there was not working directly with the children, I was part of the process of getting a child admitted to the Home that would love them, teach them, help them, show them God's love, show them God's grace, and show them God's mercy. It wasn't a job to me, it was a mission. A mission that I fulfilled in order to spread God's love and hope.
Children of World are being shown God's love, grace and mercy through WorldHelp...http://www.worldhelp.net/
We decided to take CB and BB to the service with us for their enjoyment of watching other children sing. They loved it, at least for about the 1st 20 minutes. The boys sat in our laps and watched with wide eyes as the Children performed songs and dances that represented different countries of the world. When the amazement wore off, we took them back to their "children's church" where they waited with anticipation to see the puppets.
I, too, watched in awe at the Children's performance. It brought tears of joy, amazement, sorrow, and hope. I have never been made more aware of just how "universal" God is. We tend to live in our box here in America and take for granted all that God has blessed us with. I have even been on a mission trip to Mexico and seen the poverty and lack of hope. But to see these children from all over the world made God so much bigger to me. He loves and cares for everbody, every culture, ever society, every orphan, every disease and poverty stricken country...not just Americans. What an amazing praise of God's love to see those children being rescued from the situation that this world had destined for them. To see God's destiny and plan being fulfilled through Christian missionaries doing what God had called them to do. These children were orphaned due to varies circumstances only to be adopted into God's kingdom. And to think that they have experienced God's love through to their abandonment.
I must say that watching them and learning about WorldHelp, brought back the memories of when I worked as a "social worker" at a local Children's Home. I loved helping orphans, abused, and neglected children. Although, some of my time there was not working directly with the children, I was part of the process of getting a child admitted to the Home that would love them, teach them, help them, show them God's love, show them God's grace, and show them God's mercy. It wasn't a job to me, it was a mission. A mission that I fulfilled in order to spread God's love and hope.
Children of World are being shown God's love, grace and mercy through WorldHelp...http://www.worldhelp.net/
I encourage you read about them and furthermore pray for this ministry as they continue to reach the world's orphans.
Until next time, Jesus loves the little children...all the children of the world, red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world. HB
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