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open your eyes<br />

Jesus said, “Let the<br />

little children come<br />

to me, and do <strong>no</strong>t<br />

hinder them”<br />

(Matthew 19:14).<br />

it should. Then one day the Lord got my attention while I was<br />

standing at a busy street corner in India waiting for the light to<br />

turn green.<br />

There were little children everywhere, a common sight at<br />

many busy corners in Bombay. Tourists are cautioned <strong>no</strong>t to give<br />

them anything because once you do, the others will all mob you.<br />

While I was at this corner, feeling a bit an<strong>no</strong>yed by little<br />

hands grabbing at me, I heard from behind me the voice of a<br />

young girl.<br />

“Sahib, Sir, my father died. My mother is sick. She can’t beg<br />

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