I went to church and left slightly disappointed and angry…not at the sermon…but about other things. After church I was crying and angry. So I went to Monte Sano to get away from things. I was reading my Bible…or at least trying to.
Fifteen minutes passed and I see a girl drive into lookout point where I was. She gets out her car and sits on the bench for a second or two then heads back into her car. I look at her and she looks in need. I felt the Lord trying to nudge me to talk to her. But I didn’t have enough guts until she got back in her car. She looked so sad.
It was about time for me to go.
I headed back to my car but made a slight detour toward hers. I knocked on her car window trying not to startle her as she just lay there contemplating. I gave the signal to roll down the window. She did. My first words were “Are you okay? My name is Heather. What’s wrong?”
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So Tony Gettig (@gettig on Twitter) got me thinking this morning. His Twitter post was, “broken hearted by the impoverished kids at school. wish I could fix it.” This simple post opened up a whole flood of emotions, that honestly, I did not know I had. This was like getting punched in the nose. What am I doing about the impoverished kids in my city.
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