A Path thru the Trash

I am reading a book on India, a country where the caste** system locks people in abject poverty.
There are over 250 MILLION Dalits in India alone. (a Dalit is considered the bottom of the bottom.  This group of people are called the "Untouchables".  They are considered subhuman, impure from birth and worthy of nothing but contempt")

Scene after scene shows thousands of people living, walking, sitting in, and pawing thru trash.  Trash IS their ground.  Everywhere they step is garbage.  The ground is not littered but it is feet thick. 

I think that this is a picture of what discouragement looks like.  Our head is down and all we see is the "trash".  We can see only brokeness and waste.  We smell it, touch it and wade thru it day after day.  It is our world.  It is a life void of HOPE.

"May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him ~ SO THAT you may overflow with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit." Rom 15:13

Hope makes a path thru trash.  Hope causes our eyes to lift to the ONE who can send help.  He is our Help in times of trouble.

Father, I pray that you will allow us to be carriers of Your HOPE. 
Send us the needy, the thirsty, the hopeless and give us the Grace to see them.  Teach us Your ways concerning this I pray.  Grace us to be Your hands, Your feet, Your love.  Help us to not shy away or shun those that we don't understand.   Lord give us discernment and a clear Word for this dark, dying world.  Please grace us to love the "least of these" as that is when we are closest to You.

It begins and ends with You Jesus.  Make us willing to be willing. We are called to this ~ equip us Lord

In Jesus Powerful Name


Blessings

** "Your caste not only affects your sense of worth but also the jobs you can hold, what clothes you can wear, where you can worship, who you can marry, where you gather water and what sort of education you can expect"