'Now'...Staying in Shape... Day 31!!!!

This is my friend "Jerome!"

Today, as I got back out and 'stretched my legs' again, I saw my friend "Jerome".  

Today he was on Michigan Avenue just across from Starbucks near Miller Road.  Like always he had all of his belongings with him.  We had met before over on Ford Road near McDonalds about a month ago, early one morning.  I stopped and greeted him again and he remembered me! He remembered the place where we first met.  He remembered the time when we met.  He even remembered that I was going on a walk to Mackinaw.  He remembered that I was the guy with the "walking sticks!"  Jerome has a great memory!  He talked to me about where his home church was and how someone not long ago had given him a Bible and that he has it with his belongings.  In the conversation he even told me how old he was, which he is a bit over 10 years younger than I am and he almost guessed my age to the year!  Jerome is sharp!  There is nothing wrong with his mental capacities!

But there is a problem with Jerome!  He has physical issues.  He did give me permission to ask anyone who reads this blog to consider praying for him.  

Jerome has some form of diabetes that plague his feet and he has a real hard time walking.  He told me that he has lost a considerable amount of weight in the last months, which helps... but he still needs healing for his feet, for his whole being!

So I am writing about my friend Jerome so those of you who read this will pray for him with me.  You know, in my mind, I ask myself sometimes, 'where is Jerome's  family?'  Why is he out here on the street like this?  I can't really answer these questions and they do bug me!  But I know that Jesus said..."the poor, you will have with you always..."  But I can say with confidence that... Jesus knows Jerome and I am sure that Jesus is willing to heal him!  If that is the case, then we should be willing to pray... for him!  

I am sure that there is more to Jerome than meets the eye but he has gotten my attention and I know... like Jesus who notices situation like this; it catches His attention too!  So I want to pray that Jesus heals Jerome!  Please take a minute and pray for him!  I am pretty sure he would appreciate it!

While I am writing this, I remembered the story of the starfish that have been washed up on the shore and the sun had started drying them out.  So this one guy starts throwing them back into the ocean.  Another person noticed that there were tens of thousands of star fish that were on the beach and was amazed that the other person was throwing them back into the ocean.  In his mind it was a useless task because there was so many of them.  So the one man says to the other, 'why are you doing that?  What good will it do to save so few?  It is overwhelming... the amount of star fish that have been washed up on the shore and you cannot, in a lifetime save all of these star fish!!!'

The other person just looked up and said, 'it matters to this one'...as he threw it back into the sea!

"Jesus came to seek and to save those who are lost!"  If He is doing that, I think that I want to do that too!  Jesus said that the Father is working!  WOW!  He should know!  So if the Father is working and Jesus is working then I think that I would like to work...like Him!  What an example!  He has the right idea about this kind of thing!  If I take the chance and imitate Him... then I'll bet you, that I will be doing the right thing too!   "What cha thank?"

With my feet on the Ground....

Simply Trey

p.s. I am really looking forward to this walk to Mackinaw!  I got a feeling that there will be some folks just like Jerome along the way!   We will see...