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N.A.M pt 6-The Cry of the Orphan

// November 13th, 2007 // Adoption

    

“It is the cry of my heart to honor you, it is the cry of my heart worship you…” this  contemporary worship song continues on to describe our heart for worshiping God.  What exactly is the cry of the orphan?

Love, Hope, and Home.  My previous job taught me many things about children, teenagers especially, which can be applied to understanding the Cry of Orphans as well as the cries of everyones heart.  These things are:

1. You ARE loved without strings. This statement is true for everyone, not just for the orphan or the hurting kid.  There is a evidence of this found in the Bible, when you read 1 John 4:19-”We love because he first loved us.” This is to say that our love is conditional and our ability to love is based on God’s unconditional, no strings attached love for us.  Ultimately the truth of that statement for everyone is true because God is Love (1 John 4:8,16)

2. You are Lovable, capable and worthwhile.  This statement of truth brings hope to the hurting soul.  The truth of this statement challenges the messages that the world beats into the orphaned and even into the non-orphaned people like you or me.  Messages like; nobody wants you, you will never amount to anything, or your only worth something when I benefit from your existence.  Sometimes these messages come from the ones that are supposed to guide and protect us; like abusive parents, grandparents, teachers, or bosses.  Everyone needs to hear this and come to believe it is true.

3. You are not alone. This third statement infiltrates truth into the lie that the devil propagates everywhere he goes.  The lie that says, you are the only one that matters in this world, or the other lie that says, no one cares about you, why don’t you just…(end it, blame God, or hide it)  We tend to believe this on many levels, and orphans come to believe it because everyone has abandoned them, left them, and forgot about them.  The ways that it manifests itself in our lives is that we act selfishly, succumb to depression, or retreat to solitude to create a self fulfilling prophecy.  God promised Moses in Deuteronomy 31:6,8 saying that he “…will never leave them…” and how Jesus promised his disciples saying, “…surely I am with you ALWAYS…” in Matt:28:20. Just as he has promised to be with us always we believe that there is a place where we will be together and have a place to call home.

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