Just Another Day In The Office.

Today I was given the overwhelming task of researching landfill/trash dump communities in Central/South America. This may seem like an easy task, all I have to do is find out about some communities that need help, right?
Unfortunately this is not the case. As I took this task I prayed for God to speak to me as I researched, for Him to move me to feel compassion for these families who are in need. With every community that I stumble across my heart is broken into pieces knowing that the love and peace of Christ is not a part of these people's lives.
I first see the basic physical needs of these children and their families; they need new shoes, a pair of pants without holes in them, a roof over their head, and clean water to be bathing in and drinking from. But far more essential than their physical need is their need for Christ. As a Christian for the past 15 years, I find myself taking for granted the fact that Christ is always with me, I have the promise in His word that I am his son, and he will go before me and guide me. He promises me rest when I am weary, and strength when I am unable. He gives me peace when I am anxious, and promises to hear my prayer and comfort me. But in addition to the physical needs these people have, they do not have the hope and love of Christ to take refuge in. My heart s heavy today specifically for the dump community of La Chureca, in Managua, Nicaragua. The dump community currently holds about 1,000 residents who live and work on the dump trying to find things to recycle, and sell for money to feed their families with. 50% of these 1,000 people are under the age of 18. I don't know if TMP will eventually end up there one day, but God has placed them on my heart today, as well as my need for Him. I want to no longer take for granted the presence of the holy and righteous God who made me, and sent his son to die for me, but rather I want to be humbled in his presence, that HE would adopt someone like ME into his family, and call me his son. I want put HIM on the throne of my life, and not all the meaningless things I so easily place there in my busy day.
God is moving in my heart, please pray that he does not stop until I am the man he wants me to be.
John 3:30
-Daniel