What do you do if you are hungry?

Today I took Isaiah to do a Gessell test to assess his readiness for Kindergarten in the Fall. I sat out in the hall, but heard most of the questions asked. There was quite of bit of language barrier going on, and it was hard for me not to poke my head in to help. I kind of felt like a mom who knows how to communicate with her toddler when no one else does. (Actually a sweet realization that I understand him and communicate better with him than anyone else can.) But I did was I was supposed to and stayed glued to my chair, without interrupting the testing.

At one point, however, a question was asked that brought me to tears. The assessor asked Isaiah "What do you do if you are hungry?" Isaiah was completely silent. He had no answer. For a moment I thought maybe he didn't understand the question of "what do you do?" But then he was able to answer "What do you do if you are tired?" He said "nigh-night". My heart was broken in two for him. He knows what it is like to be hungry, and he does not know the answer to what you do about that.

The more I thought about this, I also pondered how fortunate we are to live in a place where this is considered a standard question to see if a child is ready for Kindergarten. There is just an assumption that every child in this country knows that when you are hungry you go to the fridge or the pantry or you ask your mom for some food. Not so for SO many in this world.

Thank you God for showing me another little piece of your heart today. I want my heart to break for the things that break your heart. And I want to take action to what you call me to do to help fix the brokenness in this world - Even if its just loving and caring for three little hungry children.