A Walk in the Park

I was shocked when she said that she was 41. “That’s younger than me! You’ve got many years ahead of you if you stop drinking.” Greg and I were on a walk around the neighbourhood at dusk when we came across a couple in the park who were drunk. The woman was distressed and called out to us to help her. As we got closer we saw she had blood running down her chin. She was upset because her husband had hit her. When Greg asked him if this was true, he offered up his lame excuse, “She’s my wife. She didn’t wake me up when I was sleeping.” She asked us to ring the police, so we did. While we were waiting, I comforted and prayed with Veronica and after a while they both started chatting. “When we get our house we’ll stop drinking,” was the drift of their talk. Some people say its futile to try and witness to a drunk person, and maybe it is, but sometimes they are more open and can take it straight when you tell them they have to stop drinking and call out to God to help them in Jesus’ name. She did that in front of us. Then showed us a photo of her adult son in her wallet, and they told us they were artists, and she does really good dot paintings.  “I told her that that is a gift that God has given her and that is what she should do. She needs to get rid of the grog and put Jesus in its place.” Then the police came and said, “Thanks. We’ve got this.” And we walked home.
Please pray with us for these people who God has created in His image and has planned so much more for them than the life they are living.
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26