Senior Living

Going into Lexington Medical Center I noticed a young lady with pink hair sitting on a bench outside the ER. When I came back out she was still there. I walked by without making any eye contact, and I heard someone call out, “Hey!” I turned and she was coming toward me. I was dressed in casual clothes, but she asked me if I worked there. I told her I was a minister and began to question her. “Do you need some help?” “Are you OK?” “Do you live around here?” She was evasive, looking around, wanting to say something, but wanting to say very little. She was holding a bag and a traffic ticket in her hand. Her ticket offense read “pedestrian in the roadway.” From her ticket and appearance, which included some tattoos and facial sores, I wondered if she was a drug user who was brought to the ER, perhaps by a policeman. She is 24, and her name is Logan. She said she lives with her dad. I asked her if she feels safe there. She said, “not really,” but wanted a taxi or a ride to her dad’s. I felt like this girl was reaching out for help, but needed a lot more than just a ride. I asked her if she ever prayed to God and if I could pray for her. She said, “OK.” So I placed my hand on her shoulder and started to pray for her. She then interrupted and said, “I don’t want you to pray for me.” I smiled at her with compassion in my heart and said, “If you don’t want me to touch you and pray out loud, I won’t. “But you can’t stop me from praying for you. You are a person of great worth to God. He loves you. “You need to cry out to Jesus to help you. Maybe you don’t trust anybody, but you can trust Him, and He will save you. “You are a beautiful young lady. Please don’t waste your life.” You never know when God will want you, as a senior adult, to be there for a young person who needs the help that only He can give.

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Dan Williams is the senior adult pastor at Lexington Baptist Church.