“Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong & mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory!” – Psalm 24:7-8, 10
One morning, my very first thought upon awakening, before my feet even hit the ground, was “God is not stingy. In fact, He pours Himself out freely.” I had been in and out of the hospital all week with *Nurria and *Mina, feeling stressed & exhausted, but simultaneously feeling so blessed that they trusted me enough to welcome me into very vulnerable spaces. Both women expressed how, apart from their husbands, they and their children felt most comfortable with me – praise God.
This week spent at the hospital opened my eyes to the injustices our Rohingya friends navigate daily. Mina, after having an emergency C-section, was ignored for 2 days when she asked to meet her baby. She didn’t know if it was a boy or a girl, and didn’t know where her baby was. “I keep asking, but they are ignoring me”, she said through tears in her eyes. There is a great need for advocacy, translation, and midwives/doulas who speak the language.
The same day I woke up with this thought, God unexpectedly discharged Mina and her baby from the hospital 3 days earlier than expected, made the bill less than we expected, and provided the additional funds needed.
God is not stingy. He is strong and mighty in battle. Even more than His providence physically, He has provided spiritually. May our Rohingya friends see His provision not only physically but spiritually. He has poured it all out, that they may ask & receive– that the King of glory may come in!
Join me in prayer:
- Pray for God to raise up more advocates, translators, and midwives/doulas who speak the Rohingya language.
- Pray that the Rohingya see God’s provision not only physically but also spiritually.
- Pray that the Rohingya will have open hearts to welcome in the King of glory.