Devotionals

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by Katy Foster 
09/26/17
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The annual obligation came for a new car tag, and I sat amongst rows of other community folks at the tag office, waiting for my number to be called.  A married couple, probably in their early eighties, came to sit next to me.  The man had a bundle of papers in his hands, with “Veteran” labeled as the header.

“You’re a veteran?  Thank you for your service,” I greeted him.

“Thanks,” he answered, “I brought all my papers this time, because they didn’t help me last time.  I brought my…”  He continued to tell me everything he had to accomplish there, with desperation in his kind, old eyes.  He held onto his papers as if they were a vital package, with his aging, spotted hands, showing proof of hard work; proof that he had sacrificed his own life for his country.  “I just hope they’ll help me.”  His words touched me, and I knew God was there.

Imagine Jesus coming to sit by you, with a bundle of papers in His worn, pierced hands.  The papers are labeled “Bible,” and He says to you, “I brought all My papers; I just hope l get some help.”  There’s a kind, desperation in His eyes, and He explains all His papers with you.  It obviously means so much to Him that you understand.   He knows that the truth of all those papers in His loving hands will be revealed, like He’s waiting for His number to be called.

Matthew 9:36,37 NKJV tells us that Jesus “was moved with compassion,” and He told us, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”  He’s sitting next to you.  What will you say?

Katy Foster, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, is author with husband of From a Boy to a Godly Man series.