Proverbs 7:6-7

⁶ At the window of my house
    I looked down through the lattice.
⁷ I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.

These passages hit me on a number of my senses and sensibilities. From the protection of our hearts, and homes, do we watch as others approach dangerous intersections? We have talked of this before- the watching a life unfold- as we are compelled to watch a train wreck. We have our popcorn and our large drink…we look at our windows at the simple and- we watch and wait and have another bite of popcorn.  We watch the simple boy, the seducible, fool hardy open minded youth carve his path to destruction.  Do you want to yell out your window?  Get his “open-minded” attention and fill it with truths and wisdom?  Do you want to go and rush into the streets and offer his a bite of your popcorn to distract from the folly that awaits?

            AS Christians- we are called to a tightrope of love and grace.  To love the world recklessly, while offering the truth through the lens of grace and mercy.  Put away our pointing fingers and take up a heart of compassion.  Look at the young lad and know that he is someone’s son.  A baby that was raised with universes of potential planted within, as he begins to walk his path of destruction.  What would Jesus do? What would a mother do? What will you do?

            We were in Savannah last week and I saw a boy.  He was just a boy, a simple boy og 18 or so.  He was so dirty, so bedraggled and matted. Filth was his companion. We only passed him by in the car, a fleeting glance and a look through my window at a boy, in desperate need of an intervention.  He might not want an intervention, help or a bite of my popcorn----but, I can pray for a boy that got lost on the streets of Savannah, and forgot whose he is.  A boy that beat down the bath to destruction and lives in bondage now. A boy who has a mother, who bore him into a world of infinite possibilities, including sin and depravity. I can pray for this simple boy and I can pray miracles and hope would be found within him today.  I pray for divine appointments and angels that lead him towards wisdom. I pray for more than casting glances, I pray relationship and discipleship into this young man’s life.