Understanding.

I wish I didn't understand the cry for help tonight.

The cry from a little boy that looked at me and said "please, I'm poor."

I wish I could have said "no thank you" because I didn't understand and sleep tonight.

But I understood each word.

He was looking to me to save him.

But tomorrow he will be on the same street begging.

There are nights I lay in bed and wish I didn't know about the 147 million orphans.

I wish I had never held the hand of the fatherless.

I wish I could forget the little boy's cry for help.

I wish I could sleep in my bed, drive my car and be with my family.

But I have decided to pick up my cross and live out the Bible. So I want this verse to be how I live my everyday..

Proverbs 31:20
   She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.