Happy Easter to our India Sponsors!
Over the last few days, I was honestly stressing out a bit that I hadn’t sent out our monthly India sponsor reminders. But this morning, I recognized God’s perfect timing even in something small like this email. Today, Christians remember Jesus’ victory over sin & death so that we might have eternal access to God.
This Easter is very different from what we, as a band family, are used to. We are in a season between “church homes,” plus one of our very own had a baby 3 days ago, so we are all laying low today. But for years, we’ve spent Easter in big church buildings with hundreds or thousands of people. Today, our celebration is stripped down to just us. And Jesus. The absence of the “extra stuff” is not necessarily the “better way” to celebrate, but the stillness I experienced this morning as I worshipped God in my Bible & prayer time allowed me to hear a very simple and quiet reminder…
“I died so that YOU may have life… and I died so that little ROSHAN and SUMIT and ANSHU could have life too.”
A powerful, quiet nudge from God that this endeavor we have all partnered together for—the care of India’s poorest children—is something He also died for. Christ died so that we can have life. And He died so that we can SHARE that life with others who need it. We are His light in this dark world. And because He loves the least of these, He calls us to too. We are blessed to be a blessing (Genesis 12:3).
I want to encourage you all to spend some time this Easter afternoon and stop to WRITE your child a letter. Share with him or her what we celebrate today. Tell them something you learned (or remembered anew) about your God today. And then PRAY for your child with fervor that they too would come to experience the LIFE that comes through Christ’s DEATH. Be the light to your children today. Share with them the love that Christ has for them. The same love that He has for you.
Together with you,
Anna Melvin
(for the Unlikely Sons & Daughters)
the picture above is our little Sumit.
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