Are you Compassion-ate?

    



     There are children waiting for you to love them. Waiting for Jesus' love to be made known to them. Sometimes, you will be called to adopt. Which is definitely awesome and for those of you who can afford and support it, ask yourself if God might be calling you to invite children into your home. There is another option though too, for those of us who cannot afford a kid... or who don't want one... but understand the world doesn't revolve around them.

     Did you know that you can actually sponsor a child without having to brush their teeth, wipe their tushies, blow their noses or clean their messes? You would not be obliged to wake them up in the morning, find sitters (if you have dates and such), or spank them when they are sassafrassy.

     Your sponsoring, however, WOULD feed the child, clothe them, provide education, school supplies and medical care. But wait.. there's more! Your money also provides their parents training and education so they can get better job opportunities if they aren't stably employed. And thats not all! The child's community also receives aid! (Aid varies depending on resources the country is able to offer.) All of this for ONLY 38$ a month!

     Now I know what you're thinking... Casey, how can this be true? Well, sir or madame, I don't think you were born yesterday. Im not pulling your leg. You can literally provide for a child, their parents, and their community for almost a dollar a day.


First, let me tell you why this is better than one time donations:

1.  You get to know the child you sponsor. They write letters and color pictures, and if this doesn't sound magical to you, it isn't. Its better than magic, it is sooo lovable. Bless 'your' child by caring for them.

2. You get to stop being selfish. This doesn't sound like fun because it isn't. But if you follow Jesus and have "my money"in your reasoning, you have a bad habit. Nothing is yours, everything that has been given to you is to be used for Jesus' glory! If you're not a christian, first I would stop reading this, look into who Jesus is and what He is about (which you can do in my blog if you so desire). That is most important.

3. Financial efficiency is important. While saving is good, you might die tomorrow and your money would not benefit you. Use the money you've been given to bless others today. (And get on that will!)

4. You start planning for someone else's well-being who will never benefit you. --A side-note to the 'be selfless' reason that deserved its own number.

5. You don't have to be in this alone. You can have your youth group, close friends, family, entire church, club, college ministry, or what-have-you all pitch in for the cause. If you have ten people willing to pitch in 3 dollars a month, one child and their community can benefit. And with more numbers comes more money so I would then encourage you to sponsor more than one child!

6. You will get to watch your child grow up. The time frame for sponsorship is from 4 to 22 years old. You will get to impart your hard earned wisdom on these unsuspecting children. (Who wants wisdom at 6, 8, 10 years old.. candy candy candy) And they will love listening to you because your'e not their parents. Some things don't change in foreign countries. Also your money provides volunteers opportunities to love on these children to, so they will get all the love money can buy.

7. Your investments in their life is a personal 'show and tell' that someone they have never-ever met is willing to provide for them, learn about them, love them, and pray for them. They know they are not able to give you anything! This is a representation of the Gospel, people!

8. 'Your' child will get to learn from you, consider you an important person in their life, and love you. For those of you who are hard to love, these children won't have to try. Your words of encouragement, support, prayers offered up and gifts are enough to tug at their heart strings. Bless someone by allowing them to care for you.


     If any of these reasons made you think twice about sponsoring a child, please don't ignore them. They aren't putting on sad faces, begging for your attention. They will never know you exist unless you reach down and show them. (You reach down because kids are short.)

Here is the website that has every ounce of information you could need, and better put than what I had to say. --> www.compassion.com

And if you are thinking about adoption because maybe you actually snotty noses and cleaning booboo's, (I do!) Then consider buying/loving a kid thats already been made before/while/after you make your own. Making your own is good, too.