Love Song

By Third Day

I've heard it said that a man would climb a mountain
Just to be with the one he loves
How many times has he broken that promise
It has never been done
I've never climbed the highest mountain
But I walked the hill of Calvary

Just to be with you, I'd do anything
There's no price I would not pay
Just to be with you, I'd give anything
I would give my life away

I've heard it said that a man would swim the ocean
Just to be with the one he loves
How many times has he broken that promise
It can never be done
I've never swam the deepest ocean
But I walked upon the raging sea

Just to be with you, I'd do anything
There's no price I would not pay
Just to be with you, I'd give anything
I would give my life away.

I know that you don't understand
The fullness of My love
How I died upon the cross for your sins
And I know that you don't realize
How much that I gave you
But I promise, I would do it all again

Just to be with you, I've done everything
There's no price I did not pay
Just to be with you, I gave everything
Yes, I gave my life away

Good Friday

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

Romans 5: 6-8

Girl!

It's a girl!

As Hubby and I opened the envelope, we learned about our new sponsored child through Compassion International.

Our second sponsored child turned eighteen years old and had just graduated from the program (she will continue her high school education and wants to go to college!). When Compassion notified us about her graduation, it also meant our sponsorship for her had come to an end. It was a sad time but we were also excited for her completing a milestone, and about meeting a new child.

We would like to stay with children from the same country as our two previous sponsored children, but did not request a specific child. We asked Compassion to give us a child who had been waiting for sponsorship for a long time so we would find out about him/her when the packet came in the mail.

On the same day I witnessed one hundred new sponsorships in a matter of hours (see previous post), we received the packet - our child is a five-year-old little girl whose birthday is only one day apart from Hubby's!

We are excited to get to know our new sponsored child in the years to come!