This little girl knows nothing other than poverty. She's content with the simplicity of a ball and if she's lucky, one meal. She is bound to her family by DNA and love. It's this love that breaks the boundaries our society has deemed "must haves" She lives in the tent that is a blur behind her. There is no air conditioning or tile floor. If she gets sick there is no medicine. She is part of a "survival of the fittest" lifestyle that poverty demands. It's heartbreaking and all I wanted to do was take her. But deep down I knew that the worst thing that could ever happen to her or her family was to separate. After all, love is the only thing they have. I've been here 36 hours and I can't process the things I've seen. I've wept while no one was looking, laughed with people who don't speak English and worshiped in a place in which the Spirit raised the hairs on my head. You may be able to lose God in the midst of America's busyness. But in Jacmel, Haiti, you can't lose Him. Because you can't lose love. It's all you have.
- Christian
Great devotional to end my day. Sure helps me put my small worries into perspective.
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