Today
You ask me to listen.

I am learning.
Learning to interpret,
to make sense,
to listen with my heart.

It is easy to miss the realities.
But it is also hard to listen when the realities are harsh.

How does the widow with three children,
crippled by the debts of her sister,
find the strength to get through each day?

How is the mother in the province,
who buried her father a month ago, holding up?

Far away from her family,
unable to return home,
unable to borrow more money,
crushed by the debt of burying her father.

We cannot live the Christian life by our own strength.

Where does their strength come from?
Where does hope come from
when everything seems to be falling apart?

Can You restore their dignity?