This We Believe
05 May 2010
Start with love.
THIS WE BELIEVE
Place of Rescue has been in existence for about 8 years. We have seen many changes and much growth since the beginning in 2002. We rejoice and praise God every day for His grace extended to us in our weakness. We are totally dependent on Him.
In the next few blogs I will be sharing some things He is teaching us and that have become stronger and stronger in our spirits over time.
Here is the first one:
1. Place of Rescue must be a place saturated with love.
It all starts … and goes on… and ends with love. I love the tender song my friend, Paul Brandt wrote for his son Joe. It goes like this:
Well your mom and me
we think it’s pretty neat
How our love turned out this way
when we heard your heart
Oh, right from the start
both of us were changed
Watchin’ love grow a little more each day
If I could show you everything I’ve ever learned
I’d start with Love
Sum life’s meaning up into just one word
I’d start with Love
Oh and this can be a complicated life
But I’ve seen how everything will turn out right (yeah, I promise everything will be just fine)
When you start with Love
It’s the A B C’s
and then 1 2 3
and daddy play with me right now
all these tiny things
they add up pretty big
and that’s got me thinkin’ about
how life’s too short and how I wish time would slow down (so I could)
and the storms may come
and the winds may blow
but if you just remember this
it’s all you’ll need to know
© 2010 Giant Foothillbilly Music/ SOCAN
Lyrics and Music by Paul Brandt
Our kids don’t have a human daddy who can tell them wonderful things like this, nor can he watch them grow or play with them “right now”. Our kids are orphans. But like Joe they need to know a father’s love. We believe that their Heavenly Father has a special place in His great heart for them. We believe we need to help them clearly understand and receive comfort and security from this fact. They are not poor little orphans: they are children of the King of Kings.
Our children need to know that love is the greatest thing. They need to know that in this complicated life they need to start with love. We believe that they will only learn to love if they are themselves greatly loved. Before they came to Place of Rescue these kids saw a lot of abuse and violence and had many heartaches. They watched their parents die. Sometimes they went to bed hungry. Some never got to go to school. Some saw their fathers murder their mothers. Some were used as servants and hit if they did not please their masters. Some were ostracized because they have AIDS. They need deep inner healing and the only thing that will heal them is the love of Jesus. But they won’t receive this love unless we give it to them. Yes, they need to know that their Heavenly Father loves them with an unsurpassed love. But they need to know human love as well. So we emphasize that first and foremost every day and all the time our kids need to be loved and respected and they need to know it.
There is a belief among some Cambodians that parents should not let their children know they love them. They have the awful misconception that if the children know they are loved they will take advantage of the parents. Not here! At Place of Rescue we see through this lie. We let each other know – we love each other!
THIS WE BELIEVE: Place of Rescue must be a place saturated with love.
