Let me ask you a question.....

Dan
Cameron
Kentucky
California
Tammy
Jose
Joseph
Jerry
Guy
Jeremiah
Curly
Allen
Dave
Effron
Randle
Amanda
Van
Jay
Nathan
Deb

Let me ask you, do you know the names of those in need in your city?
Would you walk, laugh, cry, and pray with them?
Would you see the beauty they hold inside?
Or would the dirt and the smell of hard liquor turn you away?
Are they on your heart and in your prayers?
Have you asked God if you are called to minister to them?
If He said yes would you go?
Have you felt the tug on your heart to reach out and ignored it?
Do you see them the way God see's them?
Let me ask you, do you love them the way you love yourself?

Everyone of these names belong to person God wants to have a relationship with. Some of them already know and love God.

I want to talk about a beautiful woman that we have met on several occasions. Her name is Tammy. She has lived on the streets for several years. Her sister, parents and husband have all died. She is an alcoholic and even though she is ashamed of this fact she will not hide it from you. She hates that she is homeless and she hates her addiction even more. She is in LOVE with Jesus! She carries her bible in a purse she keep close to her chest. "I keep my bible close to my heart" She reads nightly along with her friends Dan, and Kentucky. She is amazingly beautiful and full of faith. In spite of the life she lives she puts her hope in eternity with Jesus. Today she hugged me and cried, I hugged her tighter and reminded her that God has not given up on her and that through him her addiction can be healed.

Do you think that maybe, just maybe I will get to worship God for all eternity in heaven with this woman? I do.

Let me ask you, do you know the names of those in need in your city?
Would you walk, laugh, cry, and pray with them?
Would you see the beauty they hold inside?
Or would the dirt and the smell of hard liquor turn you away?
Are they on your heart and in your prayers?
Have you asked God if you are called to minister to them?
If He said yes would you go?
Have you felt the tug on your heart to reach out and ignored it?
Do you see them the way God see's them?
Let me ask you, do you love them the way you love yourself?

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