Monday, June 18, 2001
Monday, June 18, 2001
Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
"I felt so all alone and confused," Judy recalls. "I had no family that would let us stay with them
and friends just seemed to disappear overnight...." It was a very difficult time for Judy and her six
children.
"When I felt myself slipping and giving way to my hate I grabbed my Bible and read," Judy
recounts. "I talked to God as if He were sitting beside me." Once Judy heard God speaking
words of comfort to her, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." Suddenly she felt the love of
God in her life. "I saw Christ on the cross and I knew in my heart that He really loved me and my
children," she wrote. "There were times I felt His arms around me as I cried and called on His
name for help." Judy began attending church and felt the love of God through other people. Her
life changed for the better. "I escaped the dark life of poverty," she claims "because people loved
me as God loves us all."
In moments of despair God hears our cries for help. What a difference it makes in our lives when
we realize how much God loves us and that we are never left alone.
(John 13:34
NRSV)
A lady named Judy Harkness tells about being homeless. "I sat in my car with my six children,
trying to sleep," she writes. The only home they had was their car. "We had no bathroom," Judy
says, "there was no kitchen to cook a hot meal for my family, no living room to sit back and
watch TV." Their meals came mostly from garbage cans in the back of markets. They also
waited in soup lines for hours for a hot meal. Their only income came from collecting bottles and
cans to return for deposit.
Dear Jesus, help me to touch someone with your holy love today. Amen.
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