over and over as I look into the eyes of the hopeless, the destitute, the sad and the oppressed, I am filled with an assurance that nothing is too big for the Father. As I listen to stories of children sharing the horrible things their young eyes have seen, I am filled with hope that nothing is too big for the Father. No circumstance is too difficult and no one is too far off to be redeemed by his love.
I have a sweet friend that I met last year name Nosipo (name changed). She is beautiful, inside and out. She is so special. She is an orphan. She is 19 and has a one year old daughter. She has told me in the past that she had no hope. She has told me that she has been crying since her birth; that her life has been so full of hardship. She has told me with great sadness that her life has turned out so differently than what she had dreamed. But as I looked into her eyes, I did not see a hopeless orphan. I saw a chosen daughter of the King, whose destiny was brilliant and glorious. I saw one who was so seen by God and who was being relentlessly pursued by Him. What it a joy it has been to walk with her on her journey towards finding her true identity and the abundant life she was created for. Just the other day as I sat with her and her little girl in their shack, she told me with great joy the ways the Father has been providing jobs (she is very skilled at braiding women’s hair) every weekend since we prayed specifically for that! She has begun facilitating a children’s support group for a program for orphans that she used to participate in when she was younger! Her heart is beginning to dream again as she takes hold of the truth that nothing is too big for the Father.
Last night I volunteered with Hope Prison Ministries, a ministry in Pollsmoor prison that All Nations is connected with. They put on a marriage enrichment dinner at the prison for the wardens and their spouses. Amy and I helped serve the dinner. What we didn’t know until we got there is that we would be serving with two of the inmates that work in the dining area for their “job” in prison. These guys are wonderful people. We had so much fun serving with them and getting to know them. They were so humble and so open. They shared much with us. The Lord began speaking to me about his heart for them. So later in the evening I got to share with them the words the Lord was giving me for them. They both received the words with great joy, soaking it up. I can’t explain the joy of looking into the eyes of these prodigal sons who have NO idea of the Love they were created for. We talked about the Father for a while. I shared my testimony of redemption. As I shared, one of the guys, Jude (name changed), was just staring with an intense hunger in his eyes like I have never seen before. After we had kind of changed the subject, he said me with such sincerity and desperation, “Tell me more.” I shared my story and about the Lord’s goodness in my life. Amy and I shared with him about a Father who can do anything. They then began sharing about life in prison. They shared about the prison gangs and the gang’s rank system; that they are bound by these gangs to do as they say or else they will be killed. Jude said he didn’t know how he could begin a life with the Lord while he is still in prison. He said he wanted it, but it seemed impossible. As I looked into his desperate and hungry eyes, I was filled with faith that truly nothing is too big for the Father. I believe that just as God met Joseph in his darkest hour, locked away in Pharaoh’s prison, he will make a way where there is no way for Jude. He will deliver Jude because nothing is too big for the Father.
with love,
whit
