True Love

So I found myself sitting in a prison today with a heavy heart. Let me explain. I took two kids, ages 18 and 19, with one of their children, 3 months old, to see their mother in jail. The mom was incarcerated in September. God crossed this family and Aliquippa Impact's paths a couple of years ago. I met the 19 yearn old girl and her son for the first time the week of Thanksgiving. As I sat in her living room listening to the conversation between her and another AI staff member, I had to hold back tears. They were talking about her mom; how she was doing in jail and so forth. The second I met this girl, God burdened my heart for her. I could feel a sense of God crossing our paths for a reason. It will be interesting to see how God builds the relationship between me and not only the young lady, but her family as well.

While I was sitting in the waiting room at the prison all I could do was pray; pray for the children, pray for the grandchild, and pray for the mother in prison. It was definitely one of those surreal moments; I am expecting more and more of these moments to rise up during my time here in the Quip. The crazy thing about all of this, is that I have a sense of peace over this family. I feel that even though they may not know God yet, God is starting to soften their hearts in preparation for an encounter that cannot be denied. Though I am sure it will be a process, I am looking forward to seeing what God does in the heart of this family.

Let me just remind everyone that God is in the business of redeeming His people. His number one desire is to draw people to Him. Though some people may take a different road than others in coming into a relationship with Christ, He invites us to come as we are . . . whether that be a crack addict, a prostitute, a lover of money, a house wife, a businessman, one of high economic status, one of low economic status, a heterosexual, a homosexual, an adult, or a child. Christ yearns to love us just as we are. He is madly in love with us, and in this I find true peace.

Love deeply.