Don't Forget Me.

Every child. Every face. The pictures themselves scream. "Don't forget me!" Every one. They need us. But never, ever, has one screamed so much to me.  



What was she thinking as the picture was taken? Was she scared? Did she know what was going on?

Her name is Wren. She is a ten year old little girl, made special by God, and is in a terrible place. You can easily see her arms are much too thin, she has bruises and black eyes, on both eyes. Her lip is bloody. And one thing, most orphanages will make the kids look better when people come to take pictures. This could be her at her best. A poor little orphan.


Now, where are we? Where do we stand here? I tear up every time I see this face. What about you? In one day, we get more blessings than this girl can even imagine. To you, a good day may be your car starts up, you get a promotion in your job, and you come back home to your comfy, warm house. For her, a good day is to have her diaper changed two times, to have someone touch her a little more gently than normal, for someone to even speak to her. To have her clothes changed, to have a few extra minutes to eat instead of having to nearly choke by sucking it down. I could keep going, but I won't. For this little girl's sake, don't forget her. For this little girl's sake, show her picture around. Don't let her be forgotten. She needs you.

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³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶ I needed clothes and you clothed me,I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

⁴⁴ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

⁴⁵ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

⁴⁶ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. We need to help these children, they are starving.

I was a stranger, and you did not invite me in. She has no family, no one who even tells her that they love her. All she hears is Worthless.

I needed clothes, and you did not clothe me. She may go with the same outfit for days, as it gets old, rotted, disgusting.

I was sick, and in prison, and you did not look after me.....

She needs us! All of the children need us! If only a small percentage of Christians would step up and help these children, the orphanages would be empty!