Our Sponsored Child

I only briefly mentioned going to see Chonda Pierce and Warren Barfield in Dallas a couple weeks back. What I didn't mention was that Warren was there to bring awareness of world hunger by supporting an organization called Food for the Hungry. He told his story of going to a third world country and seeing small children walk ALL DAY LONG looking for water. His story is his to tell....how God broke his heart for these people searching for the very thing that he had within STEPS of every room in his house. I have been wanting to sponsor a child or family for a while now, but something was holding me back. I walked past the Food for the Hungry table before the concert started and spotted this adorable little boy that looked about 8 years old. I asked a few questions, then walked away. I told God if now was the time and this was the boy, let his picture still be on the table at intermission. During intermission I walked out to the table and a lady was holding up the same picture I had been looking at earlier. I walked away, thinking it wasn't meant to be, but I turned back around when I heard that she was looking for a specific birth month (wanted the same birth month as her kids), and this child did not meet her criteria. :) I did a little "do now, ask for forgiveness later" and filled it out without talking to my husband first. I mean, really, how's he gonna argue with a God-thing? When I told him what I had done (by text, of course!), he texted me back with one word, "SUCKER." I knew what he meant. He meant I'm a sucker for a sad story with a picture of a cute kid attached! If I thought for one second he wouldn't support my decision, of course, I wouldn't have done it. (I think.) I say all this to tell you, the following Sunday our church sang a song I had never heard before. The song was tied in with the sermon, but the song had more meaning to me that day.....

The Sound

There is a sound that you are waiting to hear,
(The sound) that you will use to break your people through,
So we lift our voices in praise,
And we'll sing unto you Lord,

It's the sound that you heard at Jericho,
It's the sound that you heard in that Philippian jail, 
It's the sound that you will use to set your people free,

There is a sound that tells me what you need,
(The sound) that sound that draws me to where you are, tells me what you're ready for,
So we lift our voices in praise,
And we'll sing unto you Lord,

It's the sound that you heard at Jericho,
It's the sound that you heard in that Philippian jail,
It's the sound that you will use to set your people free,

It's the sound that you heard(when I was going through)
It's the sound that you heard(when I was crying out for you)
It's the sound that you will use to set your people free,

It's the sound of Jubilee, set your people free,
Release my destiny, I want it all back
It's the sound of Jubilee, set your people free
Release my destiny, I want it all back

Set your people free(4x's)
I want it all(4x's)
Set your people free...

Our new sponsored child is Jericho, age 9, from the Philippines. :) Told ya it was a God-thing. www.fh.org