by David Virtue "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in
truth." - 1 John 3:18 Lillian Trasher was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1887. She began working in a North
Carolina orphanage when she heard a missionary from India speak of her work there. Lilly
knew that God was calling her to help people. In May 1910, she was engaged to a wonderful man, when she broke off the engagement to
serve Christ full-time. In 1911, she arrived in Assyut, Egypt and took in an infant whose mother had died. She
rented a small house to care for the baby and the first donation she received was 35 cents
given by a local telegraph boy. Within five years she was caring for 50 children. During her lifetime, Lillian Trasher cared for 25,000 Egyptian children. A primary
school, dormitories, a chapel and sports facilities were built on the orphanage grounds.
She loved the children who came into her care, but she never forgot that it was Christ in
her giving her the capacity to love them. She said, "When Jesus healed the blind man
in John chapter 9 by putting clay on his eyes, it wasn’t the mud that healed, but the
power behind the mud. God can use me or any other piece of mud." Passive love is no love at all. Where there is love, there is action. Are you putting
love into action? Today in prayer, let the Lord know that you love Him. Then let
Christ’s loving hand lead you to love others. "To love as Christ loves is to let our love be a practical and not a sentimental
thing." - Charles V. Stanford God’s Word: "May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other
and for everyone else, just as ours does for you."
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