Grace Outreach

The pictures I have posted on this page are from a girl we met in Mae Sot, Thailand.  She is being cared for and protected in a Safe House provided by Compasio.  She is a young Burmese refugee girl that was forced by her father to go beg on the streets.  If she refused or came back at the end of the day with little money, she would be punished with a heated blade of a knife to her feet. 

My goal is not to be graphic, but to share the reality some people in our world have to survive in. 

Do you have scars in your life?  I know that you do, because we all do.  Whether physical or emotional, we all have things in our past that happened to us we wish never happened.  We were hurt by a friend, a family member, by our own actions or just wounded by the events in our lives.  We all have wounds that need to be mended. 

I want to encourage us all to face the wounds that need to be dealt with.  Pray about them and seek God's wisdom.  Our God is the perfect parent that can comfort and encourage us, even when we feel paralyzed.  If you have been wounded, God wants to pour his love and compassion into you.  If you are the one inflicting the pain, God wants to show you mercy and grace. 

I still see the large scar on my hip from my surgery at 24 years old.  It reminds me that I am not invincible and rather limited compared to some.  It teaches me that I need to depend on Christ with everything, even physical longevity.  Our bodies and minds are mortal and one day we will have to face our mortality. 

Whatever reality you live in and whatever you have done, God loves you more than you can imagine.  Let your own scars be a reminder that you need Jesus Christ and need to depend on his provision.  Whether you are like the little girl in this picture or you are Osama Bin Laden, God's grace and love is bigger than your actions and afflictions.