PASSION

Ok so I am passionate about Jesus! I am also passionate about adoption. I was listening to K-Love radio on Monday and they were talking about some stats from Max Lucado. I missed the numbers, so I looked some up.

There are 2 to 3 BILLION Christians in the world.
There are 143 million orphans.
There are 100 million more kids living on the streets.

If every Christion family adopted one child or got one off the streets, problem solved!

I know it's not that easy. Many Christian families are living in third world countries (pray for them) or in poverty right here. Many are elderly. Most families would find the cost prohibative. But...if God tells you to adopt-ADOPT!

If that is not you, find another way to help the orphans, the most fragile of God's children. Give to an adoption agency so the can help folks who are adopting meet the financial needs. Or give directly to an orphange. Any of your friends who have adopted can give you names or contact people. E-mail me! I can give you several in Haiti, Russia, Kazakhstan and others, as well as in the U.S.

If you feel lead to help me, I would love to hear from you. The "About Me" has an e-mail link. God is leading me to ask. If He leads you to respond, please listen.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

God gets up before I do!

I am an early riser...always have been. I drove my folks crazy at 3 a.m. getting up and typing out my homework. You remember typewriter. Noisy, heavy, no spell check.
So I got up today and started looking for something on the computer. Was typing in the address bar looking for a site I had visited recently. 'chr' and up popped a line for Christian Book Club. OK, I haven't looked at this site since before last Christmas. But what really caught me was the sub addresses. 'Max Lucado' and 'outlive your life'.
I listen to Max; I have even visited his FB page, but I do not own one of his books. I really do not remember ever searching for one. But I had heard him quoted on K-Love concerning orphans. I even e-mail the station to see if they could tell me where I could find the info to share. They were very gracious, but said they did not have the audio recorded and that it was Max, but they didn't know where the info was quoted from.
Well, the answer was in my address bar this morning. I clicked on the link and was taken to the "Outlive your Life" preview page, clicked on the sample pages from the book and there was the info I had heard and wanted to share! Here is a bit of it. I am sure I am breaking some law by posting this.

And we have enough bedrooms to house the orphans. Here’s the
math. There are 145 million orphans worldwide.8 Nearly 236 million
people in the United States call themselves Christians.9 From
a purely statistical standpoint, American Christians by themselves
have the wherewithal to house every orphan in the world.
Of course, many people are not in a position to do so. They are
elderly, infirm, unemployed, or simply feel no call to adopt. Yet what
if a small percentage of them did? Hmmm, let’s say 6 percent. If so,
we could provide loving homes for the more than 14.1 million children
in sub-Saharan Africa who have been orphaned by the AIDS
epidemic.10 Among the noble causes of the church, how does that
one sound? “American Christians Stand Up for AIDS Orphans.”
Wouldn’t that headline be a welcome one?


You can find more on Max's book here:
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_sp?sp=110600

Ok, so it can't be done. You can't get up before God! You can't fool, trick, or ignore Him. He gives you what you need. Even what you want sometimes. He will get in your face and say "Here I am!" even in your darkest moments, when you are shouting "do you really exist?" He does and He is going to be there FOR YOU, no matter how early in the morning you get up!

You have a really itchy mosquito bite...God will heal that
Hurt your ankle playing...God will heal that too
Need a dependable car..God does provide
Trying to find a job...God is in control
Feel like your are all alone...God is your very best friend
Lost a loved one...God has him now
Insert your need here...God WILL handle it!

In fact, He already has it handled before you ask. So, as stated by many of my friends recently:
Let go and let God

Lots of Love Today and Tomorrow.

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