Precious in His Sight

11 June 2010 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you….Because you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life.” ~Isaiah 43:2, 4~
As the week draws to a close here at AGC Baby Centre, my heart is full of many different emotions. This week baby Sammy was able to go back home to some family that was found. We are happy that he can be where he is supposed to be. We are thrilled for the opportunity we had to be a part of his life for these past few months! I am continually overwhelmed at the privilege of touching these lives—and letting them touch mine—and cannot thank God enough for that honor.
Yesterday, we received baby Precious. She is a tiny and, yes, very precious, 3-day old baby girl who has had quite the rough start in life. She was rescued from a pit latrine on her birthday and has a number of health problems as a result of that. In my heart, I have struggled with her situation. Today I stood over her crib, watching her sleep peacefully, and thinking how much she deserved that rest. I wept as I imagined her floating there in the midst of that waste, thrown out as if she, too, were waste. My heart rose up in desperate prayer that her body can be made whole, and especially that she will grow up knowing the depth of God’s love for her and how truly precious she is in His sight. I don’t know what “exchange” happened in the realm of the Kingdom of God so that her life was saved, but as I looked at her, I was so thankful that God redeemed her life and she was not overwhelmed by those waters!
Today, please send up a special prayer for baby Precious—that neither her body nor soul will bear any lasting effects from the trauma of her first days. Thank God that what He has done for Precious, he has also done for each one of us in redeeming our lives from the pit of sin, just because we are precious and honored in His sight, and because He loves us!
With a full heart,
Staci Keter
Director