The Lord has blessed me with a relationship with my buddies Rick and Leonard and I truly love them dearly. You may refer to it as the street, or concrete, or an ally, but they consider it home.
Any sterotype I had about homeless people, God struck it down.
Homeless people are not lazy, Rick got out of the hospital not long ago and is incapable of work while leonard is always searching for a job and goes on interview all the time.
Homeless people do not spend all your money on drugs or alchohol. While some may, Rick and Leonard do not drink or smoke and they don’t even spend their money on cigarettes. They go around picking up the used cigarrets and put the left over tobacco in a bag to roll up later.
It has truly been a blessing to be able to have some part in their life. They are amazing and intelligent people. Rick once owned two restaurants and another business at the same time, I doubt he thought he would ever end up homeless.
One thing I know is that Jesus loves the rich and the poor. He loves the people who are hungry or homeless as well as people who are to greedy to help them out. He loves the people who think they are the no good/outcasts of society as well as the proud who think they are better than them.
God takes all the glory. And good deed you do, its because Christ did it through you. And sin you commit its because you turned your back on God. Though that may not seem very pleasing to you, when you die, Christ covers over the millions of sin you have committed and God sees His son, and He is well pleased.
Lets celebrate this Christmas with Christ in it. You could buy a ton of gifts or use a the money you got to spend on more clothes, or you could help Jesus change the lives of a couple people who may not go hungry, but sleep on the street each in every night.
God Bless everyone and have a wonderful Christmas.
Aaron you have a good heart!