David Platt quote

Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces.
It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.
David Platt

“Once our eyes are opened, we can’t pretend we don’t know what to do. God who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act.” Proverbs 24:12




Saturday, April 16, 2011

the lost was found

I realised I didn't finish part of what I started in the last post. I lost my little charm bracelet on Saturday. On the Sunday I rang each store I'd been in, to no avail; nobody had found it.
Tuesday at 5pm I got a call to say it had turned up and I could come collect it anytime. I honestly think the woman who rang me got a surprise at my enthusiastic response. It really doesn't look like much, two small charms on a chain, but one as I said is special and the other is from our time in Pennsylvania in Amish country, so I guess also special to me.
So now I have my bracelet back on my arm and can feel the weight of "my little china bug" again. Wonderful!


One of the e-lists I subscribe to consists of many people of faith. They are always calling for prayer for children, or families, always thanking God for His love and His powerful way of moving. Some of the stories they tell are so amazing they can ONLY be God driven. I find this list to be such a blessing in my life; even something as simple as a reply to someone else's message saying "God is great" is enough to remind me that..He is!! To these unknown e-friends, thank you for your support for each other and your continual outpouring of God's love. 
Totally off China topics: In this week before Easter, I discovered the following video. A church in (I think) Texas got together and performed a "flash mob" dance to a song that won't go out of my head. At the end of the performance, all 2000 church members stepped out of their brand new shoes and left them for the needy. Being the church in the community... I love this. Being God in the community and showing His love in a way that touches people? Truly awesome in every sense of the word. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have, and are inspired to "Dance your shoes off". The obvious joy on these faces inspires me. If I wasn't so physically unco-ordinated (I keep using the wrong left foot) I'd be in something like this in a blink.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KX2-J6uS-o

The song is available at iTunes, title dance your shoes off.







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