"And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness and your night will become like the noonday." Isaiah 58:10
There is a young man that has been coming for breakfast on Saturday morning. He is very quiet. I don't even know his name. I am not sure he has quite gotten comfortable enough to tell us what it is. He usually comes, grabs a plate and sits waaay on the other side of the park at another table. One time while getting his food he complimented Jeff on his gravy, but that is about the extent of any conversation we have had with him. He really keeps to himself.
Honestly it is a pretty typical situation for most of them when they start coming. It is very hard for them to trust. They take a very arms folded approach in the beginning. It's o.k. We don't push them in any way, we know time is what they need to feel assured.
But, this last week, this young man brought a friend! To me that is one of the biggest steps and he probably does not even know it. To feel comfortable enough with us and the situation to invite another person into it.
I think that is what Isaiah is talking about in the verse above, that is what he means when he says that our light will rise in the darkness.
Please pray that as each new person comes that they feel welcomed, loved and assured that they are accepted and needed. Please pray that God's light would be what they see.
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