My heart...

They say as a parent you live with your heart outside of your body. As a mother to three precious children I can relate to that. My heart is in each of them. When they hurt, I hurt and I want nothing more than to fix each one of their hurts. But what do you do when one of your children lives temporarily on the other side of the world in an orphanage??? How do you fix their hurts when you can't hold them in your arms? How do you deal with the constant ache in your heart?? A piece of my heart is attached to a little girl I have never seen nor held. A little girl that at this moment doesn't even know I exist. So how does one deal with this constant ache??? By constant prayer... I find comfort in knowing that even though I can't physically hold her and comfort her I can pray to the one who can. I pray for her daily. I pray that Jesus wraps her in His loving arms when she is scared or hurting. I pray that she feels Gods love for her daily. I pray that somewhere deep down she knows that she has a mommy and daddy that are coming to get her. I want nothing more than to come get her and hold her and tell her that she is loved, always has been and always will be...Not just by her family but by the one true God, the One who sent her mommy and daddy to her. The One who was there with her in the orphanage when she felt alone and scared. I want to tell her just how precious she is to Him. I just long to be there with her... "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you" John 14:18