18.06.16
Today we visited a girls home we have been to before many times. It is called House of Praise. Again it has changed a lot from what we once knew. There has been a lot of sadness come through this place. Yet it is still as House of Praise! A highlight of being here has been hearing the girls sing joyful songs of praise to God, they have such sweet voices! Hearin them praise God even though they have been through some hard times is such a beautiful thing!
Last year one of the girls had leukemia and died, she was only 17years old. Then a couple of years ago the Indian man (his name is Sudarshan) who looks after the girls here had a stroke. He could not walk, talk or do anything really. Over the years God has been doing a work in him and he can now walk and is responsive to people talking to him, but is still not able to speak. While he has come such a long way it is still heartbreaking to see him this way. He is such a different man from the one I knew. I don't know I always had a soft spot for him. He was always a chatterbox, with a cheeky sense of humor. It still brings me to tears to see him this way. But the reminder that God is sovereign, that He has allowed this to happen for a reason rings in my ears. And I guess that's what we all have to hold onto in trying circumstances!
We had an opportunity tonight as a family to share a devotion with the girls. Mum shared about obedience and the importance of being obedient to God as He loves and cares for us and knows what is best. I ran an activity where we got one of the girls to be blind folded and another girl to call out to her and lead her through some obstacles. It was a challenge for them to listen first and then to trust and obey where the girl was leading them. I then shared how we need to do the same with God. And how often in life we can't see what is around the corner, we are blind to what the future holds. But God knows the future and He calls us to do things, He leads certain ways for our best and for His glory! And we can trust and obey Him because He cares so deeply for us!
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified." Romans 8:28-30
It was a challenge for me to really seek God's voice and to obey wherever He is leading. Oh how great it is that we have a God who talks to each one of us. And how great it is that God can even talk to Sudarshan, and Sudarshan can talk to God. Even though he can't communicate to us, God can see his heart and as he calls out to him, God will guide him, will comfort him! This is evident as he still loves to sing praises to God (although his words are hard to make out).
I have so loved our time here and while there has been so much sadness here again I am reminded that God is still working. The girls here are growing in to beautiful women and are being taught about God and His love for them. God has them in the palm of His hand and is walking with them.
PRAY for
- Sudarshan, for continued healing and revelation to Him of God
- strength, patience and peace for Sudarshans wife and daughter as they love and care for him
- the girls here, that they would all come to know God as their personal Lord and Savior
PRAISE God for
- time with these precious people who are like family!
- His sovereignty over all things
- the many lessons He is teaching me
1.Some of the girls dressed in their uniforms- so sweet
2. Sudarshan and his wife singing praises together
3.my family, Sudarshan, His wife and daughter
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