I was admiring and playing with a baby in her mother's arms the other day when the mother said to me, " You take her". I was feeling the heat rise under my collar (easy to do in Haiti where the temp was 100+) at how easily a mother could hand over her child, but didn't say that to her just told her that this baby girl was God's precious gift to her and she should love & cherish her. About that time someone said to me- "that's truly a mother's love" and I realized my first reaction was wrong and came out of a hardened heart. This mother did want the best for her child- she saw my white skin, knew I was American, knew I loved & cared for other children and saw an opportunity for something better for her child. I have to turn so many children away that I had steeled myself against that pain and as a result I wasn't looking at this woman with Jesus eyes. I thank him for correcting my vision.
I was admiring and playing with a baby in her mother's arms the other day when the mother said to me, " You take her". I was feeling the heat rise under my collar (easy to do in Haiti where the temp was 100+) at how easily a mother could hand over her child, but didn't say that to her just told her that this baby girl was God's precious gift to her and she should love & cherish her. About that time someone said to me- "that's truly a mother's love" and I realized my first reaction was wrong and came out of a hardened heart. This mother did want the best for her child- she saw my white skin, knew I was American, knew I loved & cared for other children and saw an opportunity for something better for her child. I have to turn so many children away that I had steeled myself against that pain and as a result I wasn't looking at this woman with Jesus eyes. I thank him for correcting my vision.
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