Feeding His Flock

When I take the snacks to school on Fridays the staff has a cart that I load the snacks on. This past Friday the cart wasn’t in the closet. Someone was using it. I had to wait..and wait..and wait. While I waiting for the cart to be returned I thought about all the times God has waited on me. He waited for 4 months for me to start feeding these very children. What is God waiting for you to do?

As I was leaving the school today a young mother stopped me. She thanked me over and over for the the weekend snack bags that her children receive. It humbled me because without God I could not do this. He provides it all. Several weeks ago he brought a dear friend from my past back into my life. Not only does she help with funding but she also helped me pack the meals this week. God is truly Feeding His Flock!

I read a devotion today that asked whether we see our circumstances through the filter of God’s Word or see God through the filter of our circumstances. When we go through difficult times it can pull us closer or drive us away from God. It is a choice. My prayer is that these children will have the opportunity to know the Lord so that their hearts are not hardened by their circumstances.

Wipers on high as I took the meal packs to Red Bank this morning. The rain reminded me of tears. I wondered how many tears parents had shed because they are unable to feed their children. How many children had cried because they are hungry, again. I ask God to wipe the tears away and cover them, parents and children with his mighty wings. Nothing is too big for our JESUS!

Received a card this week signed by many of the children that receive a meal pack. The card said, “In this world there are takers and there are givers. You are a giver.” With tears in my eyes, I thought about all of YOU…you are the GIVERS. The ones that supply the food, the money and the time. I thank each and everyone of you for the children.

I’m sitting here looking at the meal bags lining my office. Thinking about the little hands that will grab the bags tomorrow. The precious children I pray for, the bags I pray over and the families I ask God to bless. Earlier this week I wasn’t sure I would have enough food to fill the bags. I prayed…food came and bags were filled. Our God is always on time!

A teacher shared that one of her students came to class on Friday beaming. His entire demeanor had changed that morning. When asked what he was excited about he shouted, “it’s grocery day!” In our great nation, no child should go hungry. This story revealed only a small part of the problem and confirmed that Feeding His Flock can help to fill this void.

For most of us, hunger is something that happens in our thoughts way before it ever truly hits our bodies.  Sadly, there are people living near by who have a different definition of hunger.

Picture for a moment, an elementary school child, getting a nice meal five days a week. Then, that same child goes to a home where there never seems to be quite enough to go around.  Maybe dad is looking for a way to pay the bills and still feed the family after losing his job last year. Or maybe it’s mom in that boat and there is no “dad” to help out.

We recently learned that in Lexington County, SC alone, there are multiple thousands of young children that come back to school on Monday morning without really having enough to eat on the weekend.  It represents a gap in the system that is only now really coming to light.

Thankfully, more people are helping.  If you would like to help feed a child, please enter your name and email on the right…and God Bless you!