Summary: A few years ago, my team and I were hosting a live TV show in Texas. One of the calls that came in was from a young boy. He told me, "Mr. Palau, I'm 13 and I belong to a gang." I asked him what kind of a gang it was. "Well," he said, "we call ourselves the fatherless gang. We get together because we all have one thing in common: our fathers left our home. So we help protect each other." When I asked him how many were in this fatherless gang, he told me there were over 400 boys! You know, there really is a huge increase of fatherless and motherless children in our world today. When a mom or dad abandons the family, their rejection leaves such a hole in a child's life. Many times the kids act out in wild ways, but they are just lonely and lost, wanting to be loved. Jesus Christ offers the best answer to this abandoned generation. He tells us that God wants to be the father to the fatherless. Ephesians 1:5 says that we are "adopted as His sons and daughters." Do you know a boy or girl who has been rejected by a parent? God has you in that child's life for a reason! Pray for an opportunity to share the Good News with them. Tell them that God wants to adopt them into His family!
