What can I do to show your love today? I don’t want to miss out on anything you have for me!
Only two minutes after praying that prayer, I was sitting talking to Bethany waiting for Benard to get his school pictures taken. I look out the door and I see a street kid standing there sniffing glue and looking at me.
I wanted to talk to him. I knew he would ask for something. What did I have? Oh, I have the cookie i stashed in my bag this morning. I could give it to him. He needs more than a cookie. I’ll give it to him and tell him how Jesus loves him. “Come here,” I motion to him. Then three more boys show up and I realize I don’t have enough to give them all and If I give to just one, than they will fight over the cookie. I looked over at Beth and said, I don’t have enough to give them all something. She says, “just split it.” That works, yeah I’ll do that. They very quickly come into the store and are waiting for me to give them the cookie. Beth reaches over to the kid who has the bottle of glue and takes it from his hands. He uses that glue to get high so that he won’t get hunger pains. My heart broke. It was time to be bold, and not just pity them. It was time to speak truth and not just give them a hand out. I asked him his name and told him I wanted to tell him about Jesus.
I stepped outside with the boys, and tried to get all their names. Some were difficult to understand or pronounce, but two of them were named David and Felix. They saw me holding the cookie and kept wanting me to hand it to them. I told them, “no, not until you hear about Jesus and his love for you.” I shared with them that Jesus created them, knows them and wants to live in their heart. They listened and I asked if we could pray together right there asking Jesus to come into their heart and for God to reveal himself to them. There was a language barrier and I’m not sure how much they understood but I prayed for the Spirit of God to speak to them and draw them to himself. I prayed that more people would reach out to these young boys. I prayed they would know Jesus and want to live for him. After I finished praying, I got the cookie out and divided it up four ways. They really enjoyed the chocolaty goodness and I gave them big hugs! God gave me the opportunity to love and speak truth to these boys and I know He’s going to continue to show His love to them!!!
