If I Could Change the World

Some days I hear stories that break my heart.
I want to change the world.
But this world is so big,
And I am so small.

I hear of children without mothers,
Children who are hungry,
Children who have been set up for failure,
Children without anyone to tell them that they can succeed,
That they can learn,
That they can achieve great things.

And when I am invested in their lives it feels like my heart is breaking because there is so little that I can do.
I am so weak.
But I serve a God who is greater than my limitations.

For a little bit of time, I am here to love them -
To pray for them, to be a light in their lives.

For a short time I can love them so much it hurts.
For a short time I can serve them.
For a short time I can pray for them.
And when I am no longer in their lives,
I can trust that God will provide;
That God will continue to love them with a love greater than any that mankind has known.

My job is be faithful in the work God has given me to do in this short time I have.
I can't change the world.
But if God will allow that I be used to help even one child,
It will be enough.