Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Savior’s face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes God’s agents – exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.

It all begins, I maintain, with that powerful and underutilized thing called love. God's love for the individual is displayed by those people who reflect his love in their words and deeds. It ultimately gets understood and accepted by the child in poverty, and through that individual's love for others, the world gets changed.

Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you are going to respond to life.

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.

...while God has done his part in creating a world capable of providing what we need, we have not done our part in the stewardship of it, in seeing that it gets to the end of the line, to the poorest and neediest--the children.

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that would warp the souls and spirits of children in our world.