“Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world, and if you did, was she crying, crying……won’t you tell her that I love her” *
This man of God was a stranger to the girl, yet he called her forward from the crowd. He boldly told her that he had a word from God to share. For the next few minutes I was broken as he shared travesties from her life. This girl was barely in her teens and she had already lived nightmares. As he spoke to her, words of knowledge, she began to weep.
Seeing the depths of her pain, he took her into his arms and hugged her with the love of a Father she had never known. All who were standing nearby, put hands on her shoulders, pouring out from pools of compassion. Over and over the man of God spoke love and beauty to this precious creature while she cried her pain in his arms. Over and over he spoke to her about her destiny as the daughter of a King.
Looking at the young girl, I was reminded of all the daughters yet to be hugged by a Father’s love and I could feel my spirit groan.
* Charlie Rich, The Most Beautiful Girl