The Prayer of My Heart Today

Psalm 102: 17-20 “He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: ‘The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.’”

I have been working my way through the Psalms this year. This morning I began reading some verses in Psalm 102 when I received an edition of Buckner e-News Now. One of the articles in this was entitled: “Families Urgently Needed to Adopt Russian Orphans.” The link to this is ( http://www.buckner.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIHM_russianorphans ). When I opened the link, I found the pictures of some beautiful children, two of whom I met when I was in St. Petersburg on a Buckner trip in 2005. Dima is 14 and his sister, Kristina, is 13. They have been separated in the orphanage because of their ages.

I’ve had these two on my heart since 2005 and seeing this article combined with the scripture above has hit me with the question, “What is my role in seeing that these precious teenagers aren’t condemned to potential death on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia in a few years when they are too old to remain at the orphanage?” I know I can pray and I can tell others about them, but what else should I be doing?

Please pray for God to help Dima and Kristina to be adopted and for those God has in mind to be their parents to hear and heed His call.