We went to a special needs orphanage this afternoon. Just go visit a place like that and you will instantly have "Radical Gratitude". Dana said the orphanage was much cleaner and in much better shape than when she was there last. We rubbed lotion on the kids and held their hands and prayed with them, sang with them, blew bubbles and just spent time with them. Most all are bedridden and just lay in bed all day long. So very sad. There was a 2 month old baby that had been born premature so the mother abandoned. Not sure if anything was really wrong with the baby but he looked malnourished and dehydrated. Dana and I would both have brought him home if we could. His name is Ventura. Pray that someone will care for this little one. I assume that they think he has special needs but he may just need to be held and cared for. He is a beautiful baby. We could not take pictures there. It was tough but we just hope we brought a little joy into their lives for this one day.
We had another great service tonight with Dana leading music and our message brought by Ellen Vaughn. She is an outstanding Christian author - but a very humble lady. She tells the funniest stories. She talked a lot tonight about Remembering and Forgetting. Things to remember (Remember our Slavery, remember our deliverance, remember our deliverer). Forget our sins, forget our shame, forget our successes. By that she meant our past successes and not let success of the past keep us from concentrating on what God has for us today.
1 Cor. 15:10a By God's Grace I am what I am and His grace toward me was not ineffective.
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