03-22-12
What is something that YOU have done that you never thought you would ever do?
Did that something make you feel special?
Cross country tour is coming to a close in a couple weeks and I have actually had some interesting interactions with people on campus. One thing I remember from earlier last week.
We were at the University of Florida in Gainsville Florida and I did something that day that I have not done before. I was passing out literature to the passersby being rejected left and right, then a woman walked up to me. “You know these pictures are extremely offensive to some people?” I looked at her, something was up with her.
“Yes I realize that some people may be offended by the pictures. They are disgusting and I don’t want to have to look at them either, but it’s the truth and we all have to face it sometime in our lives.”
Tears began to fill her eyes, “Well what about girls who have been raped and get pregnant through that?”
“Well should that child be punished for the crime of that child’s father?”
She started to sniffle, “Well my daughter became pregnant after she was raped. There was no other choice! She would have lived with the memories of that rapist!” She began to cry.
I looked at her with nothing but love and sympathy, “I know that you may have thought that was the only choice, but there was another choice that could have been made, and that was adoption.”
She was still crying, “I am still a grandma, just a grandma of a dead baby.” I placed my hand on her shoulder to comfort the grieving grandmother. Then she looked up at me with her sad eyes, “Will you pray for me?”
This is something that I don’t really do. It’s usually Brianna praying for someone on camera. But I decided that I could not just say, “Oh no I don’t do that sort of thing.” I did pray for her. “What’s your name?” I asked her.
“Edith.” Then I began. “Lord, I just ask you to bring healing to Edith and her daughter as they are going through this hard time after having this child taken from them. Just keep them strong as they grieve and I know someday you will bless them with many things.” Short but sweet. We gave each other a hug and she went off.
It’s really just the little things that happen on campus that make my day, and that would be one of them.
