Patience and Humility

Written by Guest Blogger Angie O'Farrell

We visited an orphanage in Delmas #31 the other day, and we were each picking up the children, offering the gift of touch.  There were about 30 babies and about 3-4 workers to feed, change, and care for them.  How little these children must be held.  There were mothers sitting on the benches outside waiting to feed their babies when we arrived. 

As we prepared to leave, we placed each child back in his or her crib, and many began to scream and reach out to us again.  It's easier to walk away from our own babies at nap time when we know we will pick them back up after a desperately needed nap, but who knows when many of these would be held again. 

We said goodbye and made our way out. One of the mothers entered as we left and picked up her baby.  She took the baby to a bench and began to feed her.  Little did we know we had been holding her child the whole time, and yet she sat there and observed.  She was so incredibly patient as we consumed the precious moments that she had with her child, and simply smiled at us.  What a powerful ministry of patience and humility that she gave me that day

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."  Philippians 2:3-4