Ms. Jean

Let me tell you about my new found friend. I have had my eye on her for quite sometime. I have seen her walking for about the past 2 months faithfully every morning in the same direction. She carries her little Walmart plastic bag with what seems to be her lunch.

The first time I saw her the Lord started pulling on my heart strings. Funny how He does that. I had set in my mind that as long as the sun was shining I would not offer to pick her up. But as soon as one rain drop hit the ground I knew that would be my sign to stop and ask her if she needed a ride.

This one particular morning the stage was set! The fog was thick and the rain was falling. We entered the subdivision that I cut through to get the kids to school and there she was! My heart started beating as fast as the thoroughbreds hooves on race day. I knew this was my chance to stop and do what all parents tell you not to do…”NEVER EVER PICK UP A STRANGER.”  I asked her if she needed a ride and she peeked into the van to make sure it was safe and said, “sure that would be nice.”

As soon as she sat down I knew that she was right where she was suppose to be. She had this smell about her that reminded me of my own Mom. I slowly inhaled breathing in a thousand memories of Mom. As we drove the kids to school I had wondered, “do they smell her to?” My question was soon answered as I went back to school that day for a Thanksgiving meal. They had indeed smelled her to!

When Ms. Jean got out of the van that day, I was overwhelmed with God’s amazing compassion.  Isaiah 30:13 says, Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.

Do you get the fact that He waits to have compassion on you? The word compassion here means, to love, love deeply, have mercy, have tender affection. The Lord waits to love you deeply. The Lord waits to love you with tender affection. I know that in my own life I get to feeling so unworthy that I forget to ask Him for His compassions. I don’t think I really deserve them. But contrary to my feelings, I choose to believe and take God at His Word.

Well I have picked up Ms. Jean several more times since that day. There are still a lot of things I don’t know about her, but one thing is for sure our paths were meant to cross. I know behind her big blue eyes there is a heart that the Lord longs to touch.