Homeless

Well i dont' feel like i know too much about the homeless and if i will ever figure it all out. But living in the Pink House has risen the ideas for me and last night was one of those nights. As a house we discussed the issues of giving cash to men, judging them or not judging them, being a hindrance to them, and just being there for them. Ivan and i had learned a lot of Jay the other night and it has been on my heart ever since. Later in the evening, Ivan and i were talking out on the balcony and he said something that really struck home. To sum it up it was basically saying how in homeless and the poor and marginalized we are called to be a presence, not just some people. That we kinda write 'gods gifts' off as if that person over there is called to it and i am not. we are all called to compassion on each other, no partiality as Paul and John and James state. In the poor we have connection w/ them wether rich or not, because there is something lacking in us all, but society covers it up w/ material things or appearance or whatever it is. But in each soul of ours we need to be made whole and complete in Christ. I will end this with a very blunt statement from James

17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

let us set apart time to be w/ each other and get moved by God and see his love in all.