The story of Xinwei made me wonder how a little woman like her could become the mother of 50 deserted disabled children, as most couldn’t even feed themselves. After three years of reflection, I think I understand better all her concerns. She said that “these children were Jesus” (Matt. 25:40). In other words, you could touch Jesus by touching them.

The following article was sent to me by Ziyu Wang (not her real name), a former student of mine teaching children in Asia and working with deserted children there. This appeal from her heart and Scripture touched me, so I share it with you.

Christians are different from this world. They are like “little Christs” in the sense that they have Christ living in them. Their lives are transformed by God through the innocent blood of Christ. Christians abide in the vine of Christ as branches, and they ought to bear fruit and bear much fruit if they are truly in the vine. Therefore, they ought to have a heavenly point of view on deserted children, a considerable problem in my land, while their fellow countrymen despise them and consider them as “waste” or “children to be forsaken.”

Three years ago, I heard the testimony of Mephibosheth, a Christian orphanage founded by a Godly couple — Steve and Xinwei. Though Xinwei completed all her earthly toils and was taken by God in 2015, her faith still speaks as though she never passed away from us. The story of Xinwei made me wonder how a little woman like her could become the mother of 50 deserted disabled children, as most couldn’t even feed themselves.

After three years of reflection, I think I understand better all her concerns. She said that “these children were Jesus” (Matt. 25:40). In other words, you could touch Jesus by touching them. I believe Xinwei’s works among the deserted children demonstrate what Jesus meant when He said, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me” (Mark 9:37). Xinwei’s heart was filled with the grace of Jesus. That’s why she could easily see the image of God reflected in all children including those who were forsaken by their birth parents. As for me, “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven’” (Matthew 19:14). I believe that I have sufficiently appealing reasons to convince myself or even Christian parents to adopt those deserted children as our own, as they truly are the heritages that we should inherit from our Father. When you read along, please focus on all the reasons according to what the Bible says.

First, God reveals Himself as a Father of orphans (Jms 1:27; Ps. 68:5; Deut. 24: 17-22). If we read these verses carefully, we can understand how much the Lord keeps His eyes upon the orphans who are forsaken by their parents. As the representatives of God from Heaven, Christians must have the compassion that their God has for orphans deserted by their biological parents. They deserve our care and attention. But perhaps you will argue that many of these orphans are deserted children with severe diseases. Will you think that this is some kind of second-hand or less-valuable possession? I hope not. You know that God meant it all for good, because He is such a good God. A disabled child does not have less value than any other image-bearer created by God. You know this, but the unbelieving parents who forsake them do not.

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