Never Forget...

As I held my precious daughters hands tonight 

as we walked around asking for candy

and taking adorable pictures that were 

quickly posted on facebook and 

sent via-text message to our family....

I thought about our boys...

Simply being given candy would 

be such a new venture for them...

Putting on costumes and parading around

town will likely be an unfathomable thought 

for them this time next year. 

It made me think about all the things we

take for granite everyday!

We truly; won the lottery...

We were ALL born in a country 

of such privilege. My heart is somewhat pained

with quilt for being able to go out with 

my family and basically have candy 

and free popcorn thrown at us....

When 1 in 6 children throughout 

the world are living in slums...

When their are 153 MILLION 

orphans worldwide....

When nearly a million baby

girls are abandoned in 

China every year...

When more that 250,000

children are living in

foster care....

When a four year old

little girl living in Nairobi, Africa 

walks the streets barefoot, infected with

the AIDS virus, is rapped nightly by her own father

 and carries water ten miles

a day simply to earn a $1.42....

Could YOU imagine?

What if it were you?

So while you watch your children sort through

their Halloween loot....

And when you put your precious ones 

to bed safe and sound after a night of fun...

Remember how blessed you are...

And NEVER forget for one moment 

that you don't deserve any of it...

Because that three year old little 

girl begging on the streets....could 

have just as easily been you...

We have a responsibility....

And its not to sit in our 

comfortable living rooms 

watching football on the big

screens and going to church whenever

Sunday rolls around...

God has given YOU the privilege

of being His hands and feet....

The only question is....

are you moving mountains 

in His name....or yours?