Photo by Nur Sadaque
. . . AND YET LIFE CONTINUES
THE CHILDREN HEAR . . . BUT STILL THEY PLAY
“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” (Psalm 56:3)
Children listen. They hear their parents’ stories. But they know how to live for today, doing what children best know how to do. They play and they learn . . . no matter how, no matter where.
There are no playgrounds or parks in the Rohingya camps. Children don’t always have the ideal conditions or places where they can freely play. But that doesn’t stop them. They make do with whatever opportunities they have.
Children are our examples in how they are able to carry on, unencumbered by the world’s biggest problems. They are not aware of the great troubles facing the world because they know they’re in the care of parents who love them.
Living with that trust, they are able to do what children do best—to learn through the games they play and the education they love to receive.
As adults, we have much to learn from our children. We can learn from them how to trust those who are bigger, stronger, and wiser than ourselves.
We can learn to trust those who have, for as long as we remember, shown that they love us.
Rohingya have known how God, their Maker, loved them enough to give them life. Like their children, they have listened to Him and carry on their traditional faith. They trust that there is Someone greater than themselves—Someone who will look after them.
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Photo by Maung Myint Swe
Photo by Maung Myint Swe
Photo by MD Jamal
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