Sunday, July 15, 2012

ORPHAN

Please be encouraged to take the poll at right, based on a blog earlier this week.

Today we had the thrill and opportunity to be part of the ORPHAN'S TABLE EXPERIENCE at KFA (www.kenoshafirst.com).  It was a meal that orphans around the world would likely eat - rice and beans.  There was explanation about KFA Orphan Ministry and a connection with others who have the same kind of growing heart.  We have a great team who is driven by compassion and love to bless both widows and orphans at KFA.  Thank you.

The arrow changed everything when it was introduced into warfare in ancient times.  Before the arrow, if we were doing battle, I'd have to actually go right up to you and beat you with a stick.  But suddenly, someone came up with this contraption - and now they're a whole valley apart and the guys on the other hill go: 'What is that they're doing over there?  What do they have in their hands?'  And, then all of a sudden, the guy next to him goes THUNK! and drops dead - because arrows can fly further and faster than you possibly could.

The Bible says children are like arrows in the quiver and they'll go further and faster than you could ever go; they just need some direction and guidance and velocity, supplied by you and God.

Look at it this way:  Our kids and grandkids are going to wreak havoc on hell fifty years after we're dead - and we get to program them.


'That sounds like brainwashing to me!'  

That's right.  Everybody gets their shot at it and I'm taking mine with my kids and grandkids, don't you worry.

'Our kids and grandkids are going to wreak havoc on hell fifty years after we're dead - and we get to program them.'

And I know right now you have 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 children and you can't go anywhere because you have 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 children.  Your date nights are going to the grocery store, kids in tow - or to McDonalds for Thanksgiving dinner where three of them can share a Happy Meal - or to the lake or anywhere that's free where they can have fun.

But 200 years from now, when you and your kids and grandkids and great-grandkids are all in heaven, you're going to look like geniuses - because all the people in heaven are going to ask, 'Who brought all these children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren into the world?  Who's responsible for the truckload of DNA that got passed down to these?  Where are you?  Stand up right now.'


And then you - sitting with your spouse over in the corner of heaven - can raise your hand and say: 'Over here.  That was us.  Our quiver was full and we sacrificed big time, but we did it for love.  We did it because we believed children need to be rescued and taught and given hope and a chance and a home - and it was worth it and we're not sorry.'


When we step into intercession with adoption or foster care, we're not just doing it so we can make a child's life easier, but so we can obliterate hell and change eternity forever.


We have not been saved just to get to heaven; we have been saved for the sake of God-exalting good works.  We've not been saved merely to avoid evil, but to do great good.

We care for orphans and widows at KFA, not just because we're rescuers.  That isn't what drives those ministries.  We do it because we are the rescued.

And be blessed.

2 comments:

Jo said...

In literature most common number for defining a "quiverfull" is 12. :)

Tony said...

Love this, Kevin.