TAKE TIME TO CARE!
Matthew 25:40
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me”
I received the following message from a member of our congregation and one of our dear friends. She works in a judicial court system and has been used of God many times to reach people the traditional church programs miss. She has allowed me to share it with you:
My coworker has worked here for well over 20 years now and currently works as our probation officer. A couple weeks ago she was working with a young man in his early 20s. This man has been a regular in our criminal court since his early teens. He has spent most of his life on drugs and hiding from law enforcement. The probation officer has known him since he was a young child.
He recently spent several months in a drug rehab in-patient facility. While there, his mother and sisters were arrested and the only home he has ever known was seized as a meth house. He told the probation officer in one of their meetings that she was the only human being in his entire life that has ever showed him love and compassion.
He told her when he was a little boy he came to the police dept with a cut knee. She looked at the knee and said it looked pretty bad and needed some care. She took him to the restroom and washed it out and then put some medication on it and bandaged it up for him. She then told him to come back in a few days so she could check it for him. He said he remembers telling his mom about his knee and she never even looked at it.
He remembers everything about this incident in detail even though it took place at least ten years ago. The probation officer could barely even remember doing this— it was nothing out of the ordinary for her day. Ten years ago when she took the time to look at a cut on a young boy’s knee she had no idea that would turn out to be the single most important event of his life thus far!!
Sometimes, as you illustrated in your e-votional it is the simplest acts that have the biggest impact.
Blessings dear hearts. Walk with God today. Trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil