New Song

He has given me a new song to sing,

    a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see what he has done and be amazed.   
They will put their trust in the Lord.

(Psalm 40:3)

A healthy, seven-year-old boy bikes around the house on a sunny Saturday morning, inventing songs for Jesus as he pedals through the mountain grass.

Four years ago, this same boy was often seen alone in his neighborhood streets at night, entering into bakeries to demand bread for his hungry belly.  

God has truly put a new song in his mouth and heart, just as He has done and is doing with so many children that Formando Vidas (Shaping Lives) works with... and many other organizations all around the world!  (Good Shepherd's Fold in Uganda, for example).

And this is one of my prayers for their lives:  That many will see what God has done, be amazed, and put their trust in the Lord!