Sometimes I think of how much I love my children and how innocent and helpless they can be. They are totally trusting my husband and me to teach them how to live in life. Most children are so innocent and at the mercy of their parents. God put it in them to admire their parents in the biggest way. If a child is abused and/or neglected by their parents there is usually no way for them to get away from the situation. And I cringe and burn with anger inside when I imagine even for a short time those young lives that are grossly harmed or neglected.

And what can be even more frustrating about all this is that the system America uses to try and help these desperate children has flaws and indescrepancies that can cause the child advocate to interfere with families who have children that are not abused or neglected. All this is so frustrating to me. But what and how much can I do?
I’ve decided I can pray. The foundation of prayer is always the best way to start. When I was pregnant with my son Jonathan I developed a ringing in my ears. Most of the time (I have trained myself) I ignore the sound but sometimes the ringing will suddenly come to my attention. When this happens I will use it as an alarm to pray for children who are abused and neglected. I can pray for their parents and I can pray for the system set in place to protect them and then I can also pray for our churches to develop ways to help with this overwhelming problem.