We are broken

“There’s one thing we know. There is one thing I can say. If you wanna find God, you can find God with the poor. And that’s the one thing we know about God. Its that God is always with the poor and the most vulnerable. God is in the slums and those kids playing house in cardboard boxes. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in those people that have no where else to turn. That's where you will find God. And that’s, you know, not every reason why I am here. But its certainly one of the blessings, on my life, is being able to serve the poor because it gives me something. “

~ commenting on his travels through Africa, Paul Hewson, activist and philanthropist, a/k/a Bono, rockstar and lead singer of U2

But in my mind's eye I can see a place Where Your glory fills every empty space All the cancer is gone Every mouth is fed And there's no one left in the orphans' bed Every lonely heart finds their one true love And there's no more goodbye And no more not enough And there's no more enemy No more ~Steven Curtis Chapman

James 1:2-4
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Cause we are broken/what must we do to restore/our innocence/and oh, the promise we adored/give us life again/’cause we just want to be whole.

~Josh Farro and Hayley Williams

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Nelson Mandela

May the good Lord be with you Down every road you roam And may sunshine and happiness surround you when you're far from home And may you grow to be proud Dignified and true And do unto others As you'd have done to you Be courageous and be brave And in my heart you'll always stay Forever Young

The above picture is the backside of our gate and the Cradle of Love sign from inside our walls. This is the last thing you see before exiting our home. I thought it was very fitting with the first line of the lyric being "May the Good Lord be with you down every road you roam". Here's to hoping that, despite our own frailties and faults, we served our babies well. And that they find a place in this world that is all their own!

~Shae