That Man

We were driving in the car yesterday in a "not so good" area of town, when a man in a wheelchair (who was obviously either VERY poor or homeless) crossed in the middle of the intersection. Seth gasped and said, "Mommy look at him!" (he said it in such a way that showed he had never seen anyone who looked like that before). Then Seth said, "Mommy why does he look like that?".... I told him that his legs are hurting and he can't walk so he has to sit in that chair. We then prayed for this man right there and then. And then that was it. No more did that man come up at anytime last night.

Well, this morning, Seth came up to me (out of the blue) and said that he wanted to pray again for "that man"......Seth had such a sadness in his voice and on his face that it was evident this man was really weighing on his little 4 yr old heart! We prayed. We prayed for his legs and we prayed that he would come to know our Jesus.

This got me thinking......I wonder if God meant for us to have more of that kind of innocent compassion, but somewhere along the way we "grew up" and grew less concerned, less compassionate, more practical, more safety conscience, and more prideful. 

Matthew 18:3-4  "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

Shane and I want to show Seth, Gage, and Selah that WE DO CARE for the poor, orphaned, widowed, aliens. Why? Because our Lord does and if HE cares for them, then so should we! We don't need to be afraid, because fear is from the enemy.

God used my son, Seth, to teach his Mama a valuable lesson yesterday! How cool is that?!?!