6/6/17 Change and hope
June 6, 2017
Change always begins with hope. If you believe things will never get better, why try. I have looked into the hopeless expressions of poor young widows in African villages. They are skeptical and have been let down, cast aside, and used. I tell them of our project, what they can do. And then we keep our word. Training them in a self sustaining skill, we return for graduations, singing and clapping.
Their transformation is radical. Rather than slumping shoulders, they stand erect, make eye contact, have a difference countenance. They eagerly show us the garments they’ve made. Offering a small way forward brings hope. God loves them. Now they know it. James 1: 27 is an action verse. Help the widow and orphan.