What is a life worth? We met her late that night, a lone figure walking down the middle of the street, alternately cursing and crying out, sad and mad and confused and hurt and so lost. A mother separated from her children, caught in the web of drugs and prositution and pain that is the underbelly of our city. Using, then owing money, then selling her body for payback...only to do it all again.
Jesus, will you win in Amara's life? Will you reach into the murky mire and pull her out? Twice-done rehab can't reunify this pained mother with her children. Trying harder can't make the cycle end. YOU ALONE are good, and YOU ALONE have the ability to heal.
I'm asking that my heart be broken for the things that break Your heart. This week, You have answered that prayer in vivid ways......the brokenness of the world cries out for the Healer, the only One who can.
Her life was worth Your life. You, the Creator of the universe, who condescended to man, saw Amara when you were hanging on the cross. Your heart broke then for the sin that would entangle her, and You made a way for LIFE for her. What kind of God are You, that You would do such a thing for one likeher me?
Jesus, will you win in Amara's life? Will you reach into the murky mire and pull her out? Twice-done rehab can't reunify this pained mother with her children. Trying harder can't make the cycle end. YOU ALONE are good, and YOU ALONE have the ability to heal.
I'm asking that my heart be broken for the things that break Your heart. This week, You have answered that prayer in vivid ways......the brokenness of the world cries out for the Healer, the only One who can.
Her life was worth Your life. You, the Creator of the universe, who condescended to man, saw Amara when you were hanging on the cross. Your heart broke then for the sin that would entangle her, and You made a way for LIFE for her. What kind of God are You, that You would do such a thing for one like
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