Key Verse: Matthew 9:35-38, "35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
Do you see him over there? The old man by the trashcan with his head resting against the wall. See him? No...don't bother him; he's sleeping. Just watch. Watch what's about to happen...
See that woman walking towards him? The one on her cell phone? Yeah, her. She walks past here every morning. And he's usually there. The truth is that she's not really on her cell phone. She's faking it so she doesn't have to look at him. When he asks her for change or for food it makes her so uncomfortable. So today she's pretending to talk on her phone so he won't bother her.
Now, look again. See the teenaged girl with the torn jeans coming this way? Her name's Cassie. She's pretty, don't you think? Well, the truth about Cassie's life isn't pretty at all. Her dad's a drunk. He took-off a couple of years ago. Her mom works so much Cassie hardly sees her. Most days Cassie's barely holding it together, herself. But watch what she does when as she nears the old man. See her reaching into her bag? She's pulling out a blanket she brought from home. See, she passed by the old man yesterday and noticed he was shivering. So today she brought him a blanket.
See how she drapes it over him? Soft, so as not to wake him. Watch her lift his hand and put it under the blanket so he'll be warmer. See how she stares at him before she walks off? Makes you wonder what she is thinking...
What if I told you she was praying? She prays for him a lot, actually. She doesn't know his name. He doesn't know her either. But she prays for him. She prays that God would keep him safe. That he would know someone cares for him. That he would know Jesus cares for him. That he would know she care for him.
And there goes Cassie...Off to who knows where.
Cassie doesn't have all the answers. And she doesn't make all the right choices. But she tries. And she cares. She cares for the lost, the sick, the lonely, the outcast, the broken-hearted. Cassie cares for those forgotten.
Why?
Because she loves Jesus. And Jesus care for the forgotten, too.
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