India’s 50,000 Missing Children
10/05/2012
I miss you all too!
And yes from time to time I pause and think of you and pray for you my dear blog friends.
The heart strings were not cut. They were turned into lovely friendship bows.
The times that were used to be spent online were added to more hugs, kisses, sharing stories, crafting, smiling, walking around, counting blessings, and smelling the armpits of my kiddos.
It was all good. Soooo good. Very very very good.
It is such a blessing to be a mom. Just one kid brings so much joy. And I have four!
And today I read that around 50,000 children go missing yearly in India. That is 14 children missing everyday — infinite heartaches each second.
(Photos from the News)
The kids are missing due to human trafficking. And this surely is not happening in India alone. We have our own numbers in our own backyard. It makes my heart ache as a mom and as human. What happened to our own kind, the adults? What happened to their hearts?
I pray that each one will hear God’s word. And feel God’s heart. Then feel their own. And know that God is in the heart business. He cleans, He restores, He makes new, and He loves.
Let us all give tight hugs, real tight hugs to all the children of the world.
Let us whisper that they are loved so much by God. Some might not believe it, like most of us do at some point in our lives, but still let us whisper. One day that whisper will be heard — loud and clear.
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All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. – Isaiah 54:13
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10/12/2012 at 2:29 PM
You bet. As much as I care for blogging friends, I often ask myself how much more could I change the world if I were present in it instead of a computer. Now I volunteer more. Here’s a hug for you too. Thanks for the message.
11/01/2012 at 9:58 PM
Thank you for spreading your care to others. It makes me smile with love 🙂
10/08/2012 at 8:52 AM
This makes me teary-eyed..
11/01/2012 at 9:52 PM
Yes our mommy hearts are crying…
10/07/2012 at 5:29 AM
If you’ve been taking time out to spend more time with your kiddos, that is time well spent. Time with them will pass all to fast so enjoy every minute.
11/01/2012 at 9:49 PM
Thank you Lulu. Each time I admire Linsey’s beauty in and out, I think about her equally beautiful Mom 🙂
10/06/2012 at 11:49 AM
I’m soooooo thankful for you, sweet spoon, for your children and the way you love them and love being with them. And for your heart that hurts for all these children today. Thank you for directing me how He wants me to pray and cry out tonight . ..and whisper and love and hug too.
love you so much! You are a beautiful bow, dear friend!
11/01/2012 at 9:46 PM
I miss so you so much Debbie and all my lovely blog friends.
All your love is with me 🙂
10/06/2012 at 5:12 AM
I’m having a difficult time formulating something to say. It is gut wrenching. So many children. Why can’t we protect them?
11/01/2012 at 9:41 PM
It’s painful to see the effect of choosing not to love…
11/02/2012 at 6:55 AM
That is so very powerfully true.
10/06/2012 at 3:01 AM
I am so glad that you posted this.
I am also glad to hear that you are enjoying time spent with your children.
Love,
Theresa
11/01/2012 at 9:37 PM
Theresa, it was only 2 years ago when I started blogging and when I checked the photos here where my kiddos bent the spoons, they look so different now — so fast! Got to give more hugggggs and kissesssss while I can! Huggggs 🙂