The following poem was written by Antwone Fisher, an orphan boy who grew up in the foster care system in the US. His questions apply to orphans everywhere:
Who will cry for the little boy lost and all alone?
Who will cry for the little boy abandoned without his own?
Who will cry for the little boy who cries himself to sleep?
Who will cry for the little boy who never had for keeps?
Who will cry for the little boy who walked through burning sand?
Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside the man?
Who will cry for the little boy who knew well hurt and pain?
Who will cry for the little boy who died and died again?
Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be?
Who will cry for the little boy who cries inside of me?
-Antwone Fisher
As we prepare, as a church body, for an emphasis during the month of November on justice and mercy ministries... let's begin earnestly praying for the estimated 147 million orphans around the world. As Isaiah 1:17 says, "Learn to do good, seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan and plead the widow's cause."
