ANDRE

September 13
Metro Station. Venice, Virginia

Waiting to be picked up from the Metro in Virginia I saw a homeless man holding a sign asking for help. At first I avoided him but the Lord convicted me and told me not to just give him money, but that he also wanted me to talk to him...

After fighting it for a minute I was finally obedient.

I handed him the cash I hand and asked his name, "Andre" he replied, I asked him if I could pray for him [realizing I didn't have a lot of time I wanted to get to the point.]  After praying for him he expressed how thankful he was that someone cared enough to stop and talk which made me feel sick, I wasn't stopping out of love, but by the obligation I felt by the Lord...

He went on to share his story, he had recently gotten out of jail and wasn't able to find a job with a felony on his record. He told me later she had cheated on him while he was in jail and gotten pregnant, she was now 8 months pregnant and he was begging to make sure she didn't have to sleep on the streets. He told me they'd be taken care of once the baby was born they'd get into a family home but for now he was stuck.

In the eyes of the average american we'd see this as pathetic and ignorant but the Lord showed me something in his story.

As Christ is the bridegroom, and we are the bride, we mess up constantly and prostitute ourselves to idols and conceive unrighteousness yet, God will not leave or forsake us. TRUE God doesn't have felonies on his record but He did pay the price for our sin despite our unfaithfulness.

Andre has the love of the Father but is blinded from the truth.

I sat talking to Andre for awhile and he explained he'd been to church and knew the right answers but it was apparent he didn't have a relationship with His Creator.

PRAY Andre, his girlfriend Chelsea, and they're unborn baby are taken care of, but more than that, that they would encounter the truth and love of the Father.