A New Life
By José Chinchilla
FLM National Director, Honduras
In his first stage of his life, Diego Josué has had the opportunity and the joy of being in a loving family, a family that has understood the call to care for the vulnerable even though they know the possibility that one day Diego might return with his biological family. "This is an act of love, not for the interest of wanting to stay with Diego" were the words of Nancy, the foster parent, when asked why she did this. Today Diego is in the hands of Rodolfo and Nancy where he will receive everything he needs to develop in a healthy way in all areas of his life: spiritual, emotional, social, physical and educational. Diego's story will be a story full of hope, redemption and transformation for his life. We thank God for affirming hearts and minds to those families who have decided to serve others.
A conviction that must move us as Christians is that God has called us to serve and care for the vulnerable children, orphaned and widowed. This principle is biblical and should be our daily walk and action. Sometimes we are left with only prayer and faith that God will do something for these vulnerable people. We forget and do not understand that God has called us to act and put our words into action and that we are the ones that God has trusted to make this a reality. We lock ourselves into church activities and heavenly subjects that doesn´t allow us to land and forget the most important thing: to love one another. By doing this we become written letters to the world and they will know that we are children of God. Thank you, Nancy and Rodolfo, for answering this call.
I invite you to pray that God affirms us, calls us and leads us as to how we can serve the most vulnerable people who are children, and others in positions of vulnerability. Meditate and reflect so that you can know what is the will of God that is good, pleasant and perfect. We are called to serve in many ways, but we are specifically called to take care for the most vulnerable.
May God protect you and bless you and may the grace of God be with you always.
José Chinchilla