Poverty » forest http://blog.compassion.com Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:27:31 +0000 en hourly 1 Focus on the Forest http://blog.compassion.com/focus-on-the-forest/ http://blog.compassion.com/focus-on-the-forest/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:47:25 +0000 Chris Giovagnoni http://blog.compassion.com/focus-on-the-forest/ My Account l Sponsor a Child l Help Babies and Moms l Crisis Updates

]]> I’ve been working at Compassion for eight months, and I dig it. I dig it like Dig ‘Em digs Honey Smacks. There’s good people here, plenty of parking, a fantastic view of Pikes Peak, stellar lunch specials at the New Dehli Café and of course, a job that makes a difference.

Howwwever, I work on a computer. And I tend to work on that computer all day long, with nary a break. I don’t often make it to the café to enjoy my self-serve special for $4.99, and it really is special because I have a hand that serves and serves and serves.

I also frequently forget to take a breath and enjoy the view or even say cheerio to my co-workers. I glue my rear to my seat and my eyes to my monitor and there I stay for the day. Ugh!

And when I’m in this all-work mode, I often lose sight of why I’m working. I only see trees, no forest.

But all throughout the Global Ministry Center hangs artwork created by children in our sponsorship program. It’s amazing artwork, not only because of the talent it illustrates but because it exists.

What if Compassion wasn’t in this child’s life? Would this talent have had an opportunity to develop? Would the art be given the chance to enrich other people lives, like it does mine when I scrape my eyes from my computer screen?

Here’s what I’m talking about.

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