Increase your capacity

As I've wrestled these past few days with the joys and challenges of having Katya in our home, I've known one thing - we're doing the right thing for this period of time.  It's easier to stay locked up in my corner of the world with my sweet family, our two dogs, and our safe life, but God has placed in our hearts a desire to have His heart for the world.  And so we went to Columbia, South America several years ago and spent time in the barrios.  We went to Ukraine and visited widows and orphans.  And now we have Katya with us.  

I'm deeply and increasingly aware that I cannot personally change the world.  That's God's job, and He's going to do it in His time.  But, I can pray, and I can do the portion assigned to me.  For now, it's Katya in our home.  

I've asked for God to break my heart with the things that break His.  At times, I'm nearly paralyzed with the horror I see in the world, and I see so little.  My capacity to "go there" is so small, but I'm asking for it to increase.