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The children's hospital here in Columbus has a great reputation. They're doing a lot of expansion, including a recently opened behavioral health facility. The Ronald McDonald House here is the largest in the world, and they're working on a massive expansion project to keep pace with the growth. The resources dedicated to the health of children is very impressive.
It's also incredibly sad whenever I think about it.
Kids shouldn't have to get sick and suffer. It breaks my heart to think about it. I went for a walk yesterday and saw a bunch of kids playing around in the park by my office and it brings joy to my heart. Kids shouldn't have to deal with sickness and cancer and so many other terrible things. We're funding a project in Shreveport that is doing some amazing work on a rare disorder in children that radically transforms the lives of the kids who have it... and yet I can't help but think about how wrong it is that any kid has to suffer.
We hate it because it's not the way its supposed to be. In God's Kingdom, in the fullness of time, it won't be like that. There will be peace and health and fullness. There won't be children suffering from rare diseases, or loved ones taken too soon. The problems that sin and death created will be destroyed.
We read these promises and our hearts want to dive in, because we know that we know that we know that's the way it's supposed to be. The songs of our hearts were made for heaven. Until we get there, all we can do is sing the best we can on earth, comforting the hurting children, showing love to the suffering, and pointing towards hope in everything we do.
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