The reason many people stay there is because the cost per day is very low. This woman is trying her best to get out of there and make some better changes in her life.For the last two weeks, she has had to scrape together money (until she got paid)to pay her rent at the hotel, get some work shoes, get a bus pass and eat. We forget that when someone starts a job, they don't get paid for a few weeks. We forget that there are some necessities that they have to have when they are starting a new job, a new life.
I
think with support, this young woman can make a difference in her
future and the future of her family IF she has support. Without support,
she will fall right back into the same situation she was in before.
Easily, she could get overwhelmed with having to "beg" for rent money,
stop going to work because she does not have a bus pass....well...just
give up.
The Lord brought her to me and I feel that the best thing I can give her is encouragement, support and if needed, a little helping hand. I pray over every decision I make to help her because I don't want her to be "dependent" yet, she needs support. Interestingly, she has asked me for very little...when she calls me, it is to ask me to pray for her to get through the day, or remind her of the good things that have happened to her. We had prayed over her getting together some rent money and not too long after that, she talked to the hotel manager and he was willing to wait til she got paid. I had the opportunity to show her she could trust in the Lord.
What can we do to help this woman and folks like her? Here is the challenge for us today:
1. Pray and ask the Lord if you need to be a support to someone like this woman who is starting fresh and needs encouragement. When you find out who it is you need to support, be an encourager---don't do it FOR them, help them to do it themselves and believe in them.
2. Pray for the resources they need to become available so that they can stay on their feet once they get on them.
Pray for our city...there are a lot of people like this young woman, struggling to get out of the poverty lifestyle they grew up in and needing support along the way. Support does not always mean money, it really means time, encouragement and prayer.
"You, Lord God, bless everyone who cares for the poor, and you rescue those people in times of trouble". Psalm 41:1
The Lord brought her to me and I feel that the best thing I can give her is encouragement, support and if needed, a little helping hand. I pray over every decision I make to help her because I don't want her to be "dependent" yet, she needs support. Interestingly, she has asked me for very little...when she calls me, it is to ask me to pray for her to get through the day, or remind her of the good things that have happened to her. We had prayed over her getting together some rent money and not too long after that, she talked to the hotel manager and he was willing to wait til she got paid. I had the opportunity to show her she could trust in the Lord.
What can we do to help this woman and folks like her? Here is the challenge for us today:
1. Pray and ask the Lord if you need to be a support to someone like this woman who is starting fresh and needs encouragement. When you find out who it is you need to support, be an encourager---don't do it FOR them, help them to do it themselves and believe in them.
2. Pray for the resources they need to become available so that they can stay on their feet once they get on them.
Pray for our city...there are a lot of people like this young woman, struggling to get out of the poverty lifestyle they grew up in and needing support along the way. Support does not always mean money, it really means time, encouragement and prayer.
"You, Lord God, bless everyone who cares for the poor, and you rescue those people in times of trouble". Psalm 41:1
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