Sometimes the world around seems too dark and too troubled to really be able to make a difference...so I thought. I've always been the one who turns the channel when I see pictures of African children starving to death as I'm sitting in my big red chair, eating popcorn, just trying to see what's good on tv. What a putz!
I received a Facebook invitation the other day to a screening of a documentary called "Invisible Children". I wasn't sure what it was about so I decided to do a search and see what I could find. I wasn't ready.
Since having two friends from Southern Sudan, and supporting a church in Cameroon, I have become more sensitive to the problems, sufferings and atrocities that exist in Africa. But, this was hard to swallow. So...here's my disclaimer: If you have about one hour to spend...WATCH THIS. If you love children...WATCH THIS. If you love God and believe that every human being was created in the image of God...WATCH THIS. If you are suffering in your own personal circumstances...WATCH THIS. If you are not suffering in your own circumstances, but have wondered how you can widen your world view...WATCH THIS. If you don't mind shedding tears...WATCH THIS. If you don't mind feeling compassion, outrage, horror, empathy or any other human emotion that doesn't center around yourself...WATCH THIS.
I won't soon be able to forget the faces of these children. I don't know exactly what God wants me to do or how, but I know that I can tell others. I can PRAY...maybe that's it. Maybe this is just a call to pray earnestly for these children, for the country, for a saviour...for our Saviour to be evident to these children. That God would show these children that, although they have not experienced much earthly love, that He loves them beyond all others and He cares about them.
Just click on the link below and watch the documentary. It's grainy at best, but you don't need HD tv to bring this to life. Allow your heart to be impacted.
"Break my heart for what breaks Yours." Brooke Fraser
Invisible Children
