“I believe that this could very well be looked back on as the sin of our generation. I look at my parents and ask, where were they during the civil rights movement? I look at my grandparents and ask, what were they doing when the holocaust in Europe was occurring with regard to the Jews, and why didn’t they speak up? And when we think of our great, great, great-grandparents, we think how could they have sat by and allowed slavery to exist? And I believe that our children and their children, 40 or 50 years from now, are going to ask me, what did you do while 40 million children became orphans in Africa?”
–Rich Stearns, President of World Vision
I first read this quote awhile ago but came across it again recently and it hit me in a much different way. I don
Lindsy, you keep following your passion! You speak the truth so clearly, yet we do not hear.
I think, for some of us, the reality is there and we are concerned, and would like to help. But for some of us- the ability or the knowledge of how to accomplish the help eludes us. So, we give, we pray, but we leave it in God’s hands to be the provider, not thinking much about the fact that “WE” are His hands here on earth. N
Nancy – You are right on. Many people I speak with feel overwhelmed by the need and don’t even know where to begin. We certainly are His hands here on earth; a huge responsibility but one that is so humbling.
Lindsy