The part that struck me was verse 29: And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.
I instantly thought of Faith's mother and father. I've often felt a bit odd about her birth parents, how could they give her up, what a horrible thing to do. This reading, for an obviously Godly reason, made me realize that they gave her up out of love, out of sacrifice for a better life for her. Could I give up one of my children if I knew it would be for a better life for them? Probably not.
I know her parents probably didn't give her up for the sake of Jesus' name but they did it to offer her a better life, they knew they couldn't provide for her properly, they did it out of Love, and isn't God Love after all? Today Faith's birth parents will be in my prayers...
KG.
