The two boys who left Micah to return to the streets are both sincerely seeking help to be freed from their addictions: one is spending the weekend sobering up at his dad's house before returning to the Micah house, and the other is considering a drug rehabilitation program.
Just last Friday I was sitting on the ground with Marvincito's dirty head in my lap as he slept. It was one of the most maternal moments I've ever had (and I've had many, with three summers as a counselor and two classes of students). There's a lot I don't know about these boys: I don't know much about the families they come from or what family remains. I don't know their thoughts or feelings about the states of their lives. I don't know their desires for themselves or hopes for the future. But I know our Jehovah Rapha heals and restores, and I know the depth of the hope I harbor for them. It's moments like these, moments in which I am so clearly reminded that God is compassionate and at work in the lives of His children, that I have to stop and say thank you.
"The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made." Psalm 145:17
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Creere ("I will believe")
I heard this song in church the other week, and I've been finding a lot of encouragement and comfort in its words. I realize I didn't tell you guys, but a few weeks ago two of the Micah boys left to return to the streets. It's been hard to watch the power their addictions have over them. There's a lot more that is on my heart, but in spite of everything, faith, hope, and love endure.
"Creere"
Cuandos sientas desmayar
Y que ya no hay fuerzas para cotinuar
has pensado abandonar
ese sueno, ese anhelo que en tu alma esta
La mente dice no nada puendes hacer
Pero tu corzon no para de
Y la montana se encruentra frente a ti
mas ya se que al cruz haras si lo puedes creer
Creere, creere, creere oh
cuando parazca como si no puedas pelear mas
y se ve como so el camino llego a su final
cuando nadie to crea, cuando te cierren las puertas
por favor no te detengas porque debes continuar
La esperanza te hara mirar mas alla
Y la fe te dara fueza de creer que venceras
ahora es tiempo de ananzar y del pasado olvidar
Y celebrar lo que vendra juntos cantar
Y las palabra qu vendran intentando apagar
Elfuega que hay en ti las debes olvidar
Y el viento sopllara pero no to detendras
si dios esta a tu lado tu tienes todo lo necessario
Para levantarte yu creer
Porque Dios es el que nos da las fuerzas
confia confia confia confia canto conmigo si
creere yo creere
"I will believe"
When you feel like you're about to faint
And when you don't have the strength to continue
You have thought about abandoning
that dream, that desire that's in your soul
The mind says that there is nothing that you can do
but your heart doesn't stop
And you find the mountain in front of you
but I know that you will cross if you believe
I will believe, I will believe, I will believe
When it seems that you can no longer fight
and it looks as if though the path is about to end
when no one believes you, when the doors are closed
please don't stop because you must continue
The hope will make you look beyond
and faith will give you the strength to make you believe that you will win
now is the time to move forward and forget about the past
and celebrate what will come, together singing
And the words that will come trying to extinguish
The fire that's inside, you must forget them
And the wind will blow but you will not stop
If God is at your side, you will have everything necessary
To lift you up and believe
Because God is the one who gives us strength
Trust, trust, trust, sing with me
yes I will believe, I will believe
Listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PTuvs-5Fo0
"Creere"
Cuandos sientas desmayar
Y que ya no hay fuerzas para cotinuar
has pensado abandonar
ese sueno, ese anhelo que en tu alma esta
La mente dice no nada puendes hacer
Pero tu corzon no para de
Y la montana se encruentra frente a ti
mas ya se que al cruz haras si lo puedes creer
Creere, creere, creere oh
cuando parazca como si no puedas pelear mas
y se ve como so el camino llego a su final
cuando nadie to crea, cuando te cierren las puertas
por favor no te detengas porque debes continuar
La esperanza te hara mirar mas alla
Y la fe te dara fueza de creer que venceras
ahora es tiempo de ananzar y del pasado olvidar
Y celebrar lo que vendra juntos cantar
Y las palabra qu vendran intentando apagar
Elfuega que hay en ti las debes olvidar
Y el viento sopllara pero no to detendras
si dios esta a tu lado tu tienes todo lo necessario
Para levantarte yu creer
Porque Dios es el que nos da las fuerzas
confia confia confia confia canto conmigo si
creere yo creere
"I will believe"
When you feel like you're about to faint
And when you don't have the strength to continue
You have thought about abandoning
that dream, that desire that's in your soul
The mind says that there is nothing that you can do
but your heart doesn't stop
And you find the mountain in front of you
but I know that you will cross if you believe
I will believe, I will believe, I will believe
When it seems that you can no longer fight
and it looks as if though the path is about to end
when no one believes you, when the doors are closed
please don't stop because you must continue
The hope will make you look beyond
and faith will give you the strength to make you believe that you will win
now is the time to move forward and forget about the past
and celebrate what will come, together singing
And the words that will come trying to extinguish
The fire that's inside, you must forget them
And the wind will blow but you will not stop
If God is at your side, you will have everything necessary
To lift you up and believe
Because God is the one who gives us strength
Trust, trust, trust, sing with me
yes I will believe, I will believe
Listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PTuvs-5Fo0
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