Have
you ever gone down memory lane and wondered about people who have crossed your
path? Years ago my husband and I worked for a large church in New England and
as you can imagine we met a multitude of people of every walk of life.
In
a split second my husbands says,
“I wonder what happened to Al? Al was a local homeless man in our
community an alcoholic and to be frank he hardly looked human. He and many other homeless men and women
where brought to our church services on a weekly basis by a precious lady named,
Linda. I can remember thinking
Linda herself fragile and sickly seemed to be as needy as those she helped. In
spite of her own ailments Linda faithfully week after week brought food and
clothes to these souls and she spent her time talking and praying with them.
Many times we would be working when Al would walk through the door crying
broken and completely overtaken by his addiction. He didn’t come looking for money he would weep and say Josh,
pray for me.
At
least 13 years have passed and we were able to get word about Al’s life. He
is sober and walking with JESUS. When we heard the news we both cried, saying
life matters to GOD. His mercy and loving-kindness extends to all who will
embrace it. Of all the homeless
that where brought to our church Al is the only one living.
Praise
the Lord for Linda she is one of those anonymous servants that no one will ever
know of all the beautiful works she has done for her Lord. I can’t wait for
eternity to see the rewards she will receive when she sees the Master face to
face. I pray to be in the sidelines gazing upon that great day rejoicing with
all the souls that entered the kingdom of heaven because of her faithfulness.
Life
matters to God and like Him we need to be patient sowing seed into
every Al we encounter because as wise King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 3:11 Yet
God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the
human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from
beginning to end.
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