Do you know the heart of a stranger??

[Lynn D. Walker]

There was a time when I didn't show much mercy to those down on their luck and in need.  I grew up in a home that was not wealthy by any means, but we didn't lack for much either.  I was fortunate to have always had a pretty good job and my daddy taught me early on that a man had to work for a living.  So to my thinkin', those in need were there because they were lazy and didn't want to work.  The thought never crossed my mind that some weren't able to work or that sometimes life just deals you a real bad hand.  Then it happened to me.  God jerked a pretty hard knot in my life some twenty years ago, and showed me what it was like to be down and out.  Now it's a whole lot harder for me NOT to help others in need.  Next time you feel real judgmental about some one, better stop and think about except for the grace of God, it could be YOU.  "Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt" ~Exodus 23:9  ~Pastor Lynn