God's Beloved

She approaches me, feet moving slowly but heart beating rapidly. Her lips don't speak but her eyes scream louder than words could sound. She is fearful and timid...but why? GSF is her home and family...and has been for eight months. And yet she seems as disconnected and alone as the day she arrived. Why does she push away when all I want to do is to love on her? Why is her ability to speak disabled by her insecurity to do so? She isolates herself from all the other children. What's happened in the past 4 1/2 years of her life that's caused her to act in such a way? 

And my heart breaks. It yearns to do anything to help her, to break the walls down, to just reach her. So I love her as best as I know how and  pray that God would work in her heart and penetrate her mind even as she pushes me away. Only God knows her past, and only He knows where she will be in five years...and He knows how to get her there. He knew her before she was born. And as much as I love her, God's love for his beloved little child infinitely suprasses my love for her.

So I lay her in His hands and pray for His strength...both for her and for me. And I praise God for His protection over her.

Please pray with me for this sweet little girl!

Also pray for Daniel as he prepares to come to Uganda in two weeks. And praise God because my parents are coming to visit in February!!