Fulfilling My Purpose

I guess in some way, I've always known that my life was going to revolve around children. Slowly, I've begun to see how that would happen; just little bits being revealed as time goes by. I was going to wait to 'have' my first child until I felt I was more on top of my bills and being financially responsible. But I'll never be perfect, and waiting for that is waiting for nothing. A few nights ago, I knew I had to 'have' that child that very night. So I found the oldest child I could on Compassion's site. He's 3 months younger than I am, and will soon be out of the program. I was thinking yesterday about how little it costs me to change this young man's life. The cost to sponsor him is less than a day's wage per month. So basically, I give just a few hours' wages per month to help out this kid. A few HOURS. Such a small amount.

Wow, how many times have I thought I didn't have enough of something? I think I have too much, and it's blinding me to the graces that God has given me. Really, this goes back to the video I was watching when I made the decision to sponsor Tamirat. As the 'comfortable' I need to be afflicted.