New Baptist Convenant

Today I joined my friends Jenni, Craig and Deborah at the World Congress Center for the New Baptist Covenant Convention. This convention has caused a bit of controversy on the news, in the papers and even on the net. I don't really understand why there is much talk about this event but I guess if I had attended the whole week I would understand more.

Anyway, I attended a seminar today where I heard two amazing pastors speak. One spoke on Jesus healing and the other, who touched my heart, spoke on helping the children of this world. It's funny because I can't remember her name but I can remember every word she said. God definitely spoke through her.

Here is a paraphrase of something that made tear up...

We pray for the children
who have no blanket to drag to sleep.
who look at photographers through barbed fencing.
who have no shoes and the ones who don't get dessert.

We pray for the children
who cry when they don't get that toy in the store.
who give you peanut butter and jelly smooches.
who's cry makes us laugh and their smile can make us cry.

We pray for the children
who have never heard a bed time story.
who are born in to poverty.
who watch their parents cry as they watch them die.

We pray for the children
who bring home an A on their favorite coloring at school.
who can't go to sleep without that favorite teddy bear.
who looks adorable when they fall asleep in your arms.

We pray for the children
who walk barefoot on the streets because the have no shoes.
who have never had a warm bath.
who give you sticky kisses and hugs that never let go.

We pray for the children...all of them!

It's hard to imagine the lives that children across the world experience. It's hard to think kids who have nothing and still have smiles on their faces! We should pray for the amazing kids for the world. The ones who cry because they are in pain from sickness. The children who cry because they have no Daddy to turn to. Just the children, plain and simple!