Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or
anguish, persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword...
Romans
8:35
FOR THE LOVE OF CHILDREN
NBC News recently presented a
memorial tribute for James P. Grant, who served as head of UNICEF
until his death in February of this year. During his tenure, he
traveled millions of miles to all the countries of the world where
there were wars, famine, poverty and natural disaster. He went to
places like Uganda, Vietnam, Bosnia and Ethiopia. He didn’t just
visit, he personally inoculated and re-hydrated children ravaged by
dysentery and he purified water supplies. The commentary said that
his many medical skills, unslacking energy and unceasing devotion
have probably saved the lives of two and a half million children in
the world today. He was still working until a few days before his
death for these children who had been born to tribulation, anguish,
persecution, famine and nakedness.
He certainly was the healing,
caring hand of our loving Christ as he vigilantly combated the evils
of the world as they beset the children who will be the future of
God’s and our world.
Ever-caring
God, I pray that you enhance my awareness, increase my energies for
those who suffer. Keep me even more alert to the needs of the wounded
children whether near or far. I pray that each caring act I do for
children shall be to your glory and in Christ's love. Amen.
Fay
Steelman
from
the 1995 Lenten Devotional
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