This morning alone I had these prayer requests cross my desk:
• “Pray for my brothers because two of them are going to war.” Madison
• “My friends make fun of me a lot so I need new ones. You are my only chance, and I need help and assurance. Please!” Anonymous
• “My uncle only has 5% of his heart working and he’s not saved. He did a lot of bad stuff but I want him to go to heaven.” Noah
These are little kids writing to CBH Ministries for help. They are laying out what’s on their hearts in prayer requests to perfect strangers. The requests come over the Internet, through snail mail, and sometimes via a phone call.
I find it truly amazing how many children have concerns for their parents’ salvation. Parents probably aren’t even aware of the little guy’s desire to see them saved. Then there are kids who are so unselfish as to ask prayer for a grandpa or grandma. Some of these grandparents are dying, some are sick from diseases, and others aren’t saved. They write to us about friendships, fights, and failure in school. They tell us their hearts’ desires to be a better Christian. There’s a lot of this going on every day!
Sometimes, when I read these requests and they’re about kids who are hurting, I just want to reach through that letter and grab them out of the home and take care of them myself! Yes! I think about that a lot! Other times, I’m responding with teary eyes to children feeling unwanted or unloved. They just want a friend. There are kids like this all over our world today. But you’re only one person you say, so, what can you do to change this situation?
Get involved! Some way, somehow get involved! Turn off that TV, get up off that couch and reach out to the kids in your neighborhood, your church, your local young kids club. Teach a back yard Bible club, mentor a child, donate to a mission that focuses on kids, and if all that is not your style…then pray unrestrained! Prayer always works. But don’t use prayer as a cop-out instead of actually DOING something physically with kids. Don’t be afraid…they don’t bite and you’re not too old!
So if I got you riled up—good! You need to be rattled about the state of kids today. I won’t go into all the research about what’s happening with children in our culture because it would more than raise the hairs on the back of your neck. (Google: abused kids and see what you find!) All I’m trying to say is, get involved. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Your time is God’s time. He gives you every moment to do His will. Make some time for kids today!
Whew! My heart is racing. I think I’ll go hug a kid!
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