Children are a Blessing

When I see the faces of all the children without love and without families, I can't help but wonder...why? Why are there not enough families for these children? What is the foundational reason.

I think that part of it stems from the fact that many people don't remember that children are a blessing. Oh sure, we all have children we know and love and see them as blessings. But do we know that all children are a blessing...a gift from God? Are we truly open to that blessing? Or do we want to be blessed in small amounts, and in the ways and times that we determine best?

Sometimes when I'm feeling discouraged, I think, "Who will take these special children? Most people only want a couple of their own healthy children."  Even most Christians want 2 or 3 and then they're "done".

For the orphans to be set in families, our hearts must be expanded. The church must begin to see children as the blessing that the Bible says they are. They are life, created in the image of God, and He is the Author of that life. If we open our hearts to receive that blessing, we will be blessed and He will use that blessing to shape us into the people He wants us to be.