When i met you, your hands were cold.
I went downtown for the first time in a long time this morning. It was most likely the most important thing i will do all week. Not because i had the strength of will or presence of mind to overcome my 'agoraphobia', but because God gave me the grace to finally stop running away from what i should have been doing for some time now, which was be downtown, in a place i do not want to love. The heart is strange place; large enough when we allow God to fill it up, but so tiny when we try to cram our own desires in it. Lord, enlarge our hearts.
Today my friend Reed and i met, Frederick, Avada, Terry, Alvin, James, Mitch, Brenda, Robert, Larry, Kirkwood, El, Jesse, and Donald. Please pray for them all, for they are all needy. Pray for Terry because she had a stroke and is still very weak. Pray for Larry because he got in a fight and got a busted lip and it is infected. And Mitch because one of his eyes is bad. Pray for Brenda because she has two children and wants to be a good mother but doesn't even have a place to sleep some nights. Pray for Alvin that he would find a better job. Pray for Avada that she could keep paying her rent so she wouldn't have to sleep on the streets. Pray for their safety. Pray for their provision.
And thank the Lord for all of them. Because He saw fit to give them life and breath and make them in His image. Thank the Lord that in His mercy He reminds us of Christ through them and lets us provide for them what He everyday provides for us.
This is Terry, she let me take her picture, so that i could share it with you so that you all might pray for her.
love,
luke
Today my friend Reed and i met, Frederick, Avada, Terry, Alvin, James, Mitch, Brenda, Robert, Larry, Kirkwood, El, Jesse, and Donald. Please pray for them all, for they are all needy. Pray for Terry because she had a stroke and is still very weak. Pray for Larry because he got in a fight and got a busted lip and it is infected. And Mitch because one of his eyes is bad. Pray for Brenda because she has two children and wants to be a good mother but doesn't even have a place to sleep some nights. Pray for Alvin that he would find a better job. Pray for Avada that she could keep paying her rent so she wouldn't have to sleep on the streets. Pray for their safety. Pray for their provision.
And thank the Lord for all of them. Because He saw fit to give them life and breath and make them in His image. Thank the Lord that in His mercy He reminds us of Christ through them and lets us provide for them what He everyday provides for us.
This is Terry, she let me take her picture, so that i could share it with you so that you all might pray for her.
love,
luke