For the Least of These

by Smith, Stacey

• ISBN13: 9780981776972
• ISBN10: 0981776973
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Carpenters Son Pub

Summary

I felt that God was calling me to care #xC2;#x18;for the least of these.#xC2;#x19; I knew when I opened my home for abandoned and orphaned babies, that I would be caring for a very specific group of children. Most of them would be infants, the least in size of the human species. They would be children without parents lacking even the most basic of necessities: the care of a mother. By being abandoned they would have been deemed the least in importance to even their own flesh and blood. Many of the children would most likely be suffering from some type of physical, mental, or emotional disability and disgracefully, in a third world society#xC2;#x19;s standards, these children are considered the least in significance. Some would fit all of the above characteristics. I considered myself mentally prepared for the task I had been called to complete. Despite my assumed preparation, I had not fully grasped the meaning of #xC2;#x18;the least of these.#xC2;#x19; I did not comprehend that I would care for children that had received rejection from every human being with whom they had come in contact.