Jubilee

When you see a child walk free,

It makes you dream of jubilee.

Keep your eyes on the prize.

Hold on.

                      

                          -Sara Groves

I think of these song lyrics a lot while I'm watching the kids play at the children's home. My heart just soars to watch them happy and carefree because I know what they've been through, what horrors they have endured in their small lives.

Many of the children here lost their parents to HIV. Some of them ended up starving on the streets before they were brought to New Hope. Some actually witnessed the murder-suicides of their parents. Some were abused and bear the scars to remind them.

But they walk free here. They know they are safe. They know they will be fed and clothed. They know that they are loved. They have peace and can play freely, resting in that security.

Watching these children play and thrive in this family makes me thankful for the perfect peace that I am granted by my heavenly Father. I know the cares and hardships of this world are great, but my God is greater. He has a plan for me like He does for each of these precious little ones, and knowing that jubilee is coming helps me keep on in the midst of difficulty or tragedy. He is good. His will is the prize. Hold on.