My heart is full and yet so heavy as I reflect on what we have seen this last week.
Yesterday was the first time I just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry and yet I can rejoice in His Name as well.
It is hard to reconcile the world around us when a little girl is abused by a local shop owner, where a religious leader offers her father 10,000 JD for her "hand in marriage" despite being no more than 10, where a girl of about 7 has been through so much that she has tried to kill herself multiple times. And yet, these kids have a safe place to go where they are shown love and acceptance. They have learned songs and can praise God and sing about Him.
I truly believe that worship music is meant to be a prayer. When we sing "break my heart for what breaks Yours" if you really mean it, He will do it.
But I can't focus just on the negative despite it feeling like the world is exploding around me. You have given me an opportunity to pour out love and hope and stability as God intended. You have provided support and the physical ability for me to come along side people here and learn what it means to serve and learn with it means to be "the body."
My heart is broken and I'm sure it will continue to break as I learn more; however, there is hope.
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