tenderness....

i laid my head down last night on the shoulder of my sweet tender man

my rock

he is who steadies me

he is my anchor that is ever true & loyal

i shared with him all the events of the day that had left my heart burdened

i had woke up yesterday and spent much time listening to the stories from Haiti

& the mass devastation

devastation that i simply can't wrap my mind around

one of the reporters spoke of seeing these two women

waiting for "care" in a hotel lobby

one with an obvious broken leg

the other

her foot had been severed

off

sometime close to 24 hours earlier at that point

severed off?

her foot was severed off & she was still waiting for care

& in a hotel for crying out loud

not a hospital

no pain meds

no crisp white sheets

no iv with sedatives

& possibly

no, probably

no surgery to repair her

i just cried

i can't imagine the pain

is she even still alive now?

we live in country full of abundance

where many can have a spa pedi on any given day

& yet there is an entire country

probably the poorest in our hemisphere

where these people may not even receive the medical attention they need

to survive

i just can't comprehend

my heart broke

as i opened my google reader this morning i was so grateful

to see many of the bloggers with etsy shops

sending all their profits to Haiti

angela is just one of them

she has several listed on her blog who are doing the same

{update* as is melissa}

i urge you to find a way to give~

the day continued

i had confrontations

one fairly heated

with two of my girls

we've been smooth sailing for quite sometime

that was tough

on wednesday nights

i'm blessed beyond measure

to work with, mentor, lead a group of 6th grade girls

along with my eldest daughter , savannah & her bff

plus one of my best friends

we lead this amazing group of sweet girls

who love the Lord

we had asked them to spend some time over their Christmas break

while we were apart

& come back ready to share a scripture that meant something special to them

most of them shared

precious

tender

scriptures from their heart

i cried

each time they shared i cried

i was trying to get a grip

so i wouldn't be a distraction

then one of the girls began to share
she had actually been adopted by a wonderful family a few years ago

her biological parents are in & out of jail

as she shared last night

about wondering if they truly loved her

if she was to blame for their bad choices

but that Jesus was her rescuer

He had rescued her from the world she had lived in

are you kidding me?

tears just falling down my cheeks

i'm listening to an adorable blonde headed pig tailed 12 year old

speak of the tender heart of the Lord

12 years old

who receives letters from her biological dad who sits in prison

& yet

she's placing her broken heart into the hands of The Healer

when we were done

i pulled her aside

she & i both completely a wreck by this time

i took her sweet face in my hands

& tried to explain that sometimes people we love will hurt us

but that its never her fault

& that they did love her

Jesus sees each of her tears

& was indeed her Rescuer

i told her He was going to do great things with her life!

i brushed her hair from her face

reminded her she was loved

& wondered if instead of the Lord sending me to love on her

maybe He sent her ....

to me

~~~saturday morning quick update~~~

i'm happy to announce that through random generator via melissa

that Felicia is our winner!!