I am awake and I am here listening to the sounds of the city waking up...I am an early riser and its about 5 am ...the motorbikes sound louder early in the morning ..the steel gates are being opened to the guest houses....it is very quiet though ...the odd sound seems to be that much more noticeable in the silence...the dog barking ....the cat meowing.....maybe this is why we need to find that quiet place like Jesus does to go and pray to our Father......to hear that still small voice......His voice is heard loudest in the silence.
Where do the people find that quiet spot in this city....How can they hear God above the noises of there stomachs rumbling from hunger?How can they hear his voice above the cacophony of sounds, motorbikes,vendors hawking there wares,whistles,trucks blasting there horns,the beep beep of the scooters ,kids laughing and playing,construction and the population.
Maybe the quiet of the pre-dawn????.....or is that the only time that sheer exhaustion of barely surviving another day takes it toll and a few moments of sleep happen....Does God only have dreams to speak to His children in poverty.
Is it our gift from God to help His children realize their dreams...their potential ....their plan and purpose?
Are we supposed to come alongside those He puts in our path and help them take those dreams and turn them into reality?Are we supposed to help them see the gifts God has provided them.
I know in the DTES most people have lost their dreams,their hope ,for some they might never have had it.What does a life growing up barely surviving whether here in Cambodia or the DTES offer for hope?
How can you lose hope when you might not have even had it?
God help me see the visions you have planted in their heads .
God help me see your plan for their lives.God help me come alongside them in encouragement.
God help me see beyond their poverty.
God help me have the same perseverence of the poverty stricken.
God help me break through cultural and language barriers
,God help me share your love.
God help me share You.
God help me
God help us
God .......thank-you for realizing my vision ,my dreams.
Thank-you for giving me hope in a hopeless situation.
Thank-you for letting me see my potential in You.
Thank-you for giving me this heart.
God help me
Amen
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