Help! I’m an Orphan
June 3, 2009 by Tate
Filed under Adoption, Compassion, View-All-Posts
My son has a couple of private blogs. One of them is about waiting for his new little brother from Ethiopia. He recently posted a great article on orphans so I got permission to re-post it here for everyone else.
(by Tate) I was watching someone on the TV the other day with my mom and dad. He was talking about helping the orphan. I started crying ( on the inside ) and really thought about what he was saying.
He started talking about adopting, and it struck me – these orphans aren’t just orphans, they’re kids! Kids that don’t have anybody, or anything. The man on TV said something I’ll never forget, he said “If Jesus comes in the next 2 minutes, none of this would matter – if he comes in the next 200 years, it does.”
Let me list a few of the things your typical orphan has and doesn’t have.
Has:
- 2 small meals a day
- 1 outfit
- an orphanage to sleep in
Doesn’t Have:
- clean water
- a nice bed
- good clothes
- toys
- a pet
- a family
See what I mean. It’s a recipe for starvation and if we aren’t going to help who will? And we aren’t even thankful for what we have half the time! I just wanted to share that with you. And if you are reading this now, you should be thankful you have a computer.
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