On the opening monument of Evangel Children’s Home, it reads: Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me.” It is so true….
At about 5 am on February 2nd, Moon, a night duty staff, reported that there was a baby outside the front-gate. I really had no idea. After clarification, I realized that someone had abandoned a newborn baby at the door! Why are the “plots” of the fifties and sixties still happen today? After a while, there was a lady passing by. Her emotion seemed to be out of control. She slammed the gate, shouting that a baby was crying and why was there no one taking care of? Knowing that she is a Christian, I comforted her that as God let her be an angel passing by; I trust the baby would be saved.
I walked towards the “Recycle Hand Bag Object”, where the crying sound was from, in a trembling mood and discovered there was really a newborn baby, wrapped in a cloth only. She cried out loud, stretched her legs, at around 7 pounds. The lady next to me was not calmed down yet. On one side, I said to her, “You see, the baby has such a strong vitality! She will definitely grow up healthily.” On the other side, I asked a colleague to take an umbrella to cover the bag to protect the baby from the wind, and took a towel to wrap around the bag. The temperature was only about 13 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, an ambulance arrived and it was finally safe.
Later, I was informed that the lady who was suspected of abandoning the baby wandered for a long time along the road at the front gate as early as around 3:30 am, and she finally pressed the door-bell. Not until someone answered the door, she left then. I believed when she brought the baby to Evangel Children’s Home, she trusted that this Home should be a place with love and care. Suddenly, our home was on news that day. I hope God ’s name will be exalted. When people have no way out, God will open the door.
The next day, a colleague told me about what a child living in resident care home, awakened by the slammed gate noise talked about the case. When she knew that someone had abandoned her baby at the front-gate, she said, “That mother really loves her baby. It is because she knows she cannot take care of her; she chooses the best home for her and that is why the baby was put in front of the Evangel Children’s Home.” However, I feel bad with this sharing, and very true, it is more or less a portrait of the child.
My Daily Devotion and Bible Verse on That Day:
“But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.”
Jeremiah 10:10 (Union Version).
What I have also received is that God is graceful and merciful. His grace is sufficient and His mercy endures forever. May the work of our hands be sacrifices to God’s delight. We wish the baby a healthy growth!