The Uncommon Life Daily Challenge from Tony DungyНамуна

Family--Bottom-Line Love

I saw a photograph a missionary took not too long ago of a beautiful little dark-haired, dark-eyed girl near her village in a Central American country. I heard about her brief life story up to that point--that her mother and father were gone, and she was bouncing around from relative to relative. Without a family to support, protect, and nurture her, you couldn't help but wonder what the future held for her. It seems pretty bleak.

As I looked at her picture and reflected upon millions of other children like her around the world who are alone and unloved, one thought kept penetrating my thinking: God loves her.

No matter what we are going through, God loves us. No matter where we are or what is happening to us or around us, God's love is always there for us. That's an amazing, comforting, and absolute truth. But what about that little girl? Does she know it? What can we do to show her--and others like her--that love, day after day? Thankfully, nothing can separate us from the love of God! Believe it--we are members of His family forever. Help others like that little girl to believe it too.