Every Thursday night the KIM staff gets together for a great time of worship. As our time was beginning a verse in John 4 came to mind where Jesus says that the time is now when “true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.” To me, that means we worship him with everything that we are. As we sang “Hosanna” we sang the words “break my heart for what breaks yours.” It’s a very interesting concept. We are proclaiming that we want to align our hearts with God’s, not our own. So how do those words go from merely being words in a song to be reality? When we worship our Father in spirit and in truth…
The next morning I got the humbling opportunity to serve meals in a community made up of people that were displaced by Typhoon Ondoy in 2009. This community is very reminiscent of what is beginning to be built in Haiti. Rows and rows of tiny make shift houses that 1000s of people call home. As we arrived 100s of kids came with their little plastic bowls and metal plates. They were so excited for that 1 small meal. It was only a small portion of stew and rice but they were so grateful. A the little precious faces said, “thank you sir.” That small portion is easily the only meal they’ll have that day and most likely the only meal they’ve had in a couple days. My heart broke.
How many times have i experienced true hunger? I’m not talking like, “mom, I’m hungry. When’s dinner?” Real, true hunger; I have not eaten in some time and i don’t know where my next meal will come from. I’ve never experienced that. Yet countless times i’ve had meals placed in front of me and hardly ever am I so excited that God provided the meal for me. As i watched all the children and moms go through the line, God kept telling me, “my love is strong.” It’s because of his great love that those children got to eat that day. It wasn’t me. I had nothing to do with it. It was the Father providing for his children.
So tonight, before you have dinner, pray for those that don’t. Pray that God will provide for them, and pray how he can use you to be an answer to their prayers.
his love is strong,
(tito) Ryan
