What is your initial gut reaction to HIV/AIDS being one of the primary causes of extreme poverty and the loss of parents?

Looking at the numbers of orphans, the depth of poverty, and the stories how do how can we keep from being overwhelmed by the immensity and sadness of it all?

Something I often hear… “I’m completely willing to stretch myself to do something to help the poor if God asks me to.  I’m willing to hear him on this, but I have not had any specific leading to do anything. “  Comments…

Stop typing for a minute.  Make a mental picture of a slum or a refugee camp.  Picture the rags, the starving kids.  A ten year- old boy, trying to keep his little sister warm in his arms.  Listen to the weeping as that ten year old wakes to find her dead.

What if those were your kids?  They are Gods.  How do you think God feels about His body’s response to their needs… if only 7% of Christians sponsored or adopted a child, no orphans would die of hunger or preventable disease? 

I’m under strict orders to be on “good behavior” and not be too harsh.  So here’s the good part of it… and it really is good.  How do you think God feels when we respond?  When we save even one of His kids?  How would you feel if someone saved one of yours?