There are no barriers that can stand before Jesus - His Love can Not be Contained...
I went down the mountain today, and on my travels the Lord diverted my road destinations with several beautiful divine appointments. One of the diversions took me to a Stater Bros Grocery Store in a very poor portion of San Bernardino. The shoppers were all Black American with a few Latino Americans. I was the only white gal in the store. As I am walking down one of the aisles I see a very tall lean elderly black woman ahead of me. As I walk by her I hear the Lord whisper in my ear, "Pray for her, I want to bless her today." I passed by her to see what kind of yogurt they had and on my way back down the aisle I stopped and asked if I could pray for her.
If looks could kill I would not be sitting here presently, nor sharing this with you. Her immediate hatred towards me was extremely evident. The Lord whispered in my ear, “Not to worry, nor respond to her disdain of you,” and then He said to ask her again.
I said, “I love Jesus and He loves you too, and as I was walking by you He said He wants to bless you – can I pray for you?”
She shook her head NO, and after a long silence reluctantly said, “Yes,” and started to walk away from me. I said, “I mean, can I pray for you right now, right here?” Again her repulsion of me was so evident, that I am thinking to the Lord, “Are you sure, Lord? I think she is going to kill me.” Jesus said, “No, she just hates white people, her heart has been very injured by many events in her lifetime.” I thought to the Lord, “Okay, but I am counting on You if we proceed because she really disdains me, Lord.”
I then asked her if I could lay my hand upon her. She repulsed backwards away from me, and I said, “That’s okay, I will just pray.”
As she stood away from me and as rigid as any human could be, I bowed my head, closed my eyes as to not threaten her, and just began to pray listening towards the Spirit and Jesus to lead the prayer in Jesus’ heart for her. He really wanted to encourage her as I saw His passion for her! He gave me many unique and specific words for her in the prayer, and I used His Name a few times, with her once saying in agreement, “Yes, in Jesus’ Name, ahh umm,” in her heart’s agreement to Him.
When I opened my eyes I saw her eyes were wide open as in awe, mouth dropped open, and her face was still revealing how much she disdained me as she stood there for a few moments … as she began to walk away from me as she kept shaking her head in unbelief, she turned her head and face towards me over her shoulder and said to me as she continued to shake her head in unbelief, “You are a Seer.”
I said, “Yes, Jesus loves you, and wanted to bless and encourage you today.” She was outwardly impacted by Jesus words of love towards her through the prayer but the messenger was not the right color and her disdain for me was still worn on her facial expression and on her entire physical demeanor.
As I walked down the aisle away from her Jesus’ and the Father’s love and passion for her consumed my heart - Jesus began to reveal to me many things and one of those things was that He is shaking her worldview and perspective of white folks….that it rocked her heart, mind, and her world because she knew Jesus was speaking specifically and intimately to her in His heart to encourage her through this white despicable homey.
There are no barriers with Jesus; His Perfect Love can Not be contained.
He loves all colors of races, ethnic groups, and all societal and economical groups of people!
I don’t think I will ever forget her – her name and face is imprinted on my mind and heart of intercession - I do look forward to meeting her in heaven and just smiling at her when she is freely able to see me as I am, even as a white homey, and not through her white lens of prejudice nor through her broken heart because I know without a doubt He is going to heal her heart. I know her heart will be free to love me and that she will smile at me with a real big smile that envelopes her whole face. The disdain will be exchanged with great love, beauty for ashes, indeed! ... Isaiah 61 will be fulfilled in her heart and brought forth in His majesty and beauty and glory in His great love of her!!