“Jesus wept.” – John 11:35
Jackie Polinger, who was born and grew up in Great Britain, was a musician by vocation and a Christian by conviction. From the age of five, she felt that God was directing her into missionary service. In the 1990s she found herself in Hong Kong. All alone, she began a compassionate work of witness in the notorious Walled City, where more than 50,000 people were crowded into a mere 6.5 acres. It was a refuge for criminals of every kind. Its streets were lined with heroin dens and opium dives, to say nothing of the pornographic theaters.
Jackie was only twenty years old, untrained, and unprotected when she moved into that nightmare and began to share the good news of Christ’s forgiveness and love. She met with violent hostility. Yet slowly Jackie’s unfaltering compassion, dauntless bravery, and Christ-centered preaching had an impact. Her ministry was dynamic and transforming, indeed it showed the very power of God for salvation. Through Jackie, Jesus continued his work of compassion.
Talking about the current generation trapped in the Walled City, Jackie said: “If you fill them up with love, they respond so quickly.”
Jesus has compassion for the world. Today in prayer, thank the Lord that He is our model of compassion and seek to have a tender heart toward others.
“You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.” – Meister Eckhart
God’s Word: “Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.” – Jeremiah 9:1
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