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A dash of courage

Limitations defined Rekha’s very existence. From birth, she was diagnosed with polio — and deemed worthless. World Vision provided Rekha with a wheelchair, giving her a way to fight against immobility. Now, Rekha is galloping toward her aspiration of becoming a social worker.

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What would happen if we traded places with people in poverty?

As Christians, we understand that once we were far away from God, not because he pushed us away, but because we pushed him away. But God traded places with us by going to the cross. Is it too much to ask that we, in turn, demonstrate this same kind of amazing love to someone suffering 10,000 miles away? He expects this, even commands this of us. Didn’t he die for them as well?