For sheer dedication, for staff so polite,
For conferences organised here and worldwide;
For bloggers who write without any sleep,
For being a voice for those who can’t speak,
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And thank you to you out there if you’ve joined me for this year’s challenge. Clicking on the A-Z of Compassion tag will show you all the posts in this series, so please share if you’d like to; it would be lovely to see some more children sponsored.
As years come and go, they can join the occasion
By choosing a card for their child’s celebration:
For younger or older boys and girls,
They’re printed and sent all over the world.
This X shouldn’t really be any surprise;
God’s love for His children reaches the skies,
And He gives a bond for each sponsor to treasure,
Between them and their child – now and forever.
See, the water they’re carrying in –
It’s brown and murky and unfit to drink:
Not a big problem when filters suffice,
They’re very low-cost; they’re the ‘Water of life’.
They care for the children with H.I.V.
They cuddle the orphans close on their knees:
They counsel the carers with nowhere to turn,
Encourage the jobless to look for work.
The brightest students, the ones at the top,
Don’t always leave school to go straight to a job;
For developing leaders there’s the LDP –
A way to fund university.
Sponsors excitedly smile as they fly,
To meet the children who’ve shared their lives;
Carrying presents to give away,
But most precious of all are the memories they’ll make.
Children excitedly smile as they walk;
The clothes and supplies they couldn’t afford
And field trips with school were out in the past,
But thanks to their sponsors, they now have a blast.
As soon as Compassion’s on the alert,
They’re checking the damage and soothing the hurts;
In earthquake, typhoon, flood or disease,
Children tell sponsors of help they’ve received.
We’re just the clay; You’re the One who fashions it.
We just live in time; You hold it in Your hand.
To us, things don’t make sense; You understand all things.
To us, our circumstances loom large; You see the bigger picture.
To us, the precious is something to cling to; You ask for our willingness to let go.
To us, letting go means surrendering control; to You, letting go is a compliment.
To us, letting go means trusting; You are completely trustworthy.
To us, letting go means denying ourselves; You want us to look beyond ourselves.
To us, our future is unfathomable; You know every moment in our eternity.
To us, eternity is an open door; You opened the Way for us to go through it.
To us who go through the door, the end is a new beginning.
To Him who burst out of the tomb, His end brought a new beginning – for Him, and for us.
Thank You, Jesus.
