Shine the Light on Johnette Scott (Heart of a Servant)

 

Shine the Light

On

Johnette Scott

(The Heart of a Servant)

 

     When I think about the influential women I’ve crossed paths with in my life, my mind immediately lands on Johnette. For those who know her, you know exactly why she came up as a woman worthy of having a spotlight shined on her for everything she is and does. Johnette is a servant in the Kingdom of God and the world. Not only does she serve in multiple ways within the Church, but she diligently reaches out to the lost and dying world through her love and servitude. The Church needs more women like her, and for the younger women and girls reading this blog, seek her out, find her, watch her, and mimic her attitude towards God and others. She has the Heart of a Servant!

     I met Johnette in 1996 at Escatawpa Assembly of God. During Sunday morning service, Johnette and her husband, Marshall, ministered to the children too young for Children’s Church. My eldest was nearly four at the time, so I encountered her bright, bubbly personality every Sunday when I dropped Brooklyn off for her class and when I picked her up. Johnette was warm and welcoming, not only to my daughter but to me as well. It wasn’t long before the handshakes became hugs.

     Around 2002 Marshall and Johnette started an outreach ministry to the homeless. They invited us to join them in reaching out to those considered undesirable by so many. This godly woman would get up early on Sunday morning and cook a big meal before driving forty-five minutes to church. She put the food in the church’s refrigerator and then ministered to children being bused in from all around. After giving of herself for a couple of hours (loving on children and teaching them the Word of God), she would load the food in her vehicle and drive to a church building in the next town over. Then she would get in the kitchen and heat all the food up while we waited on the men to get back with the homeless people. Once they arrived we all ate and fellowshipped with the homeless before having service and ministering the Word. This amazing woman would wrap her arms around the men and women coming in and LOVE them with a love only God can give a person. It didn’t matter who they were or where they’d been. It didn’t matter how long it’d been since they had a bath. She simply LOVED them! After Marshall ministered the Word, we had desert, coffee, and more fellowship with them, and once the men left to take them back to their camp, Johnette was in the kitchen cleaning up the mess from the day. You’d think she’d go home and take a nap after that, but nope! She headed back to her church for Sunday night service where she finally got to sit down and be ministered to for the day. This went on for nearly a year, and during that time I watched and learned from the best on how to have the heart of a servant.

     Matthew 23:11, “But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.” This scripture is a perfect example of why Johnette is one of the greatest among the women of God I’ve ever known.

 

Be Blessed and Be Made Whole,

 

Pinky