This Christmas, we invite you to reflect with your families on stories we offer here. These stories come direct from our staff, Board members, volunteers, pastors we serve, and kids we are privileged to help care for in Africa. Stories will appear here every day throughout December.
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Hopelessness should win more than it does if logic and reason were the only judges of outcome. It doesn't win though. It loses again and again, with hope shocking us over and over.
Over 2,000 years ago, a baby was born in a manger. Jesus came among the poor to redeem all of mankind and help shepherd us into a relationship with our God. He came to die on the cross for our sins, taking the pain and offering us eternity in heaven if we believe and accept the free gift of forever relations with our God.
His humble entry is what I cling to every year as I lead Forgotten Voices. The fact that God chose the poor, not royalty, to usher in the King of Kings speaks volumes to me. The fact that God chose redemption through one small baby instead of a massive army offers hope to those around the world who suffer.
At Forgotten Voices International, we are constantly learning valuable lessons about sacrifice, love and hope in the midst of hopelessness. With kids dying all around our church partners, they keep going. They surely get overwhelmed. We've cried with them, cried out to God with them…seeking relief and comfort in our grief. But we keep going because the promises of our God to one day redeem all of this are embodied in the Christmas story.
At Forgotten Voices, we are daily experiencing healing and hope in the midst of our suffering. Those of us lonely and lost in the USA are finding incredible joy in ministering through service and volunteering. We are hearing stories of sacrifice of cars, xbox, and childhood birthday parties to love kids in Africa.
This Christmas, we invite you to reflect with your families on stories we offer here. These stories come direct from our staff, Board members, volunteers, pastors we serve, and kids we are privileged to help care for in Africa. Stories will appear here every day throughout December.
May their stories drive you to love like Jesus and pause to remember what all the chaos of Christmas is about - a small baby who came to redeem the world and again show that hope in God always wins.
Merry Christmas,
Ryan
Ryan Keith, President
Forgotten Voices International
Give a gift certificate from Forgotten Voices to someone you love this Christmas.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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