I have a young friend who loves the Lord. She works in the world of television and media, and recently I had the chance to collaborate with her on a project to benefit orphans. The radio spot turned out great and I hope it will stir many hearts.
A few days later, my friend called me to say she had had a revelation after we left her production studios. She said she was listening to the script for our piece, and it HIT HER. “Jodi, I realized, loving orphans IS the Gospel!” That is correct my friend. That is the “ah ah” moment that some of us have had, and some of us have not yet had.
Loving orphans IS the gospel. We love them just as God loved us. We are the orphans He rescued. Without our adoption into His holy family, without His love and care, we would be nothing. We would be orphans…lost, hungry, naked and afraid.
But our Heavenly Father did not leave us abandoned…He rescued us. And so, my young friend has finally GOT IT. Loving orphans IS the Gospel.
Today’s prayer asks that Christians around the world would rise up to rescue the orphan. I say the orphan rescues me. How can I ever repay my Father for his love and care and good works? How can I ever even begin to try to emulate Him, His love, His heart. The orphan rescues me by providing me an opportunity to be like my Father. And in rescuing the orphan, I am rescued, rewarded, redeemed and rejoicing. Don’t rescue the orphan because she needs you…rescue her because you need her.
“Only in Heaven will we see the gift the poor are to us” – Mother Teresa
Jodi Jackson Tucker
National Coordinator
Orphan Sunday, www.orphansunday.org
www.christianalliancefororphans.org
A few days later, my friend called me to say she had had a revelation after we left her production studios. She said she was listening to the script for our piece, and it HIT HER. “Jodi, I realized, loving orphans IS the Gospel!” That is correct my friend. That is the “ah ah” moment that some of us have had, and some of us have not yet had.
Loving orphans IS the gospel. We love them just as God loved us. We are the orphans He rescued. Without our adoption into His holy family, without His love and care, we would be nothing. We would be orphans…lost, hungry, naked and afraid.
But our Heavenly Father did not leave us abandoned…He rescued us. And so, my young friend has finally GOT IT. Loving orphans IS the Gospel.
Today’s prayer asks that Christians around the world would rise up to rescue the orphan. I say the orphan rescues me. How can I ever repay my Father for his love and care and good works? How can I ever even begin to try to emulate Him, His love, His heart. The orphan rescues me by providing me an opportunity to be like my Father. And in rescuing the orphan, I am rescued, rewarded, redeemed and rejoicing. Don’t rescue the orphan because she needs you…rescue her because you need her.
“Only in Heaven will we see the gift the poor are to us” – Mother Teresa
Jodi Jackson Tucker
National Coordinator
Orphan Sunday, www.orphansunday.org
www.christianalliancefororphans.org
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