Disclaimer: This is
the story of one little boy but there are an undocumented number of children
living in the same conditions. This is
not isolated to one child, one orphanage or one country.
In an orphanage on the other side of the world there is a
secret door. This secret door leads to a
secret room, a room that no one wants you to know about. One day a miracle happened and the secret
door was opened. This is the story of
that day.
A group of women had been working in an orphanage for
several days. Every day they would hear
screaming and noise but could not locate where it was coming from. One day they saw some children hanging out of
a window and began to ask questions. They
were told “those children are crazy”, “we cannot understand what they are
saying”. The women continued to ask
about the children. God moved mountains
and they were lead to the secret door.
The door was locked and held shut by intertwined red and white pieces of
scrap material.
Behind that door they found a few very malnourished children,
mostly older children. It was unclear
how long they had been locked in that room or if they had ever been out of the
room. One little boy really caught their
attention. His age was unknown. There was something about this little boy so
they begged to take him out of the secret room.
Their request was granted.
He was so fragile that his legs quivered when they tried to
stand him up. His lips were drawn and he
had wrinkles like an old man. However, to
everyone’s surprise he had the sweetest smile and the most infectious
laugh. He was so hungry. When he was fed he would lunge towards the
food for more. It was obvious he had not
been getting enough food.
The little boy will never have to return to that secret
room. He will never again be hungry. He will now know the love of a
mother and father. I know that it is only by God’s divine
intervention that our son is alive today.
No one wants you to know about the secret doors. They don’t want you to know about the
children who are silently dying behind those doors. However, God sees them and he loves them. One day God will judge each person for their
actions or lack thereof. I think of
those children daily and pray that they feel God’s love even in the most
destitute times.
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