It's 3am and I am awake. For some reason I feel compelled to write. To start. To begin a new year. Today is a holiday for most everyone here in Southern California well probably most of America.
Yet where I was on Sat., New Years Eve, well there is no Holiday for them. This only means that the soup kitchen is closed. That there is no where for them to go.
So many elderly women and men with no where to sleep. Not just tonight but every night.
I went to Costa Mesa to "feed the homeless". There was no shelter for the night, just a place to get a hot meal. I met a wonderful family who provides buss passes (so they can have a warm place to stay for the night, praise God the buss runs 24 hours) and socks, food, and dignity.
I wish I had money so I could help buy more buss passes, but I really wish I had money to build shelters.
I can not believe we are one of the riches Counties in the world and we have so little to help the ones who need it the most.
No grandmas should be out in the cold with no bed, no safe house, no clean clothes.
So many just in the one place I happened to be.
You know my favorite homeless person was Jesus. He walked the earth as a man. Teaching others how to be the person God wants us to be. He had no address here on Earth. Jesus tells us not to store up things, possessions here on Earth. He tells us to walk. To teach and to be an example. To love, to tend to the sick, the needy and the elderly.
My second favorite homeless person was CoCo Channel. She grew up in an Orphanage. She grew up poor, with nothing. God used her pain to inspire me.
My third favorite homeless person is my Dad. For some reason he chooses to live in his car. He has ever since I was a child.
These are 3 great reasons to inspire me.
To not want the things of this world. To not feel bad if I have no home of my own. To be super grateful for my bottled water, my bed and my hot bath.
I wish I could take Pelican Hill Resort and give it to the homeless. A place to comfort and treat the ones that need and deserve it the most.
What comforts me is to know that in the Bible God says that the poor will be the richest in Heaven.
That one day the most down trodden will be pampered, treated and comforted.
So dignity and respect come from knowing the Truth. Knowing God's Words gives me knowledge, wisdom and peace.
Knowing that the homeless are doing more of what God asks us to do than anyone else. To walk the Earth and tell others about God. To not have possessions, and not value money.
Dignity and respect do not come from sitting in a big house watching TV, or driving a $60,000 car. Self worth comes from having nothing, but a Bible & the love of Jesus in your heart.
I just read the verse in the Bible and I identify with Paul when he says, I have had nothing and I have had everything. The only thing that matters is knowing that God is the source of all that I need. God provides my comfort, my happiness, not the possessions that I have.
I encourage you to give what you have, your heart. Give all that you have to God and He will see that you have everything you need. I know this first hand. I know this promise is in the Bible and I have put it into action.
My faith and trust is in the Lord. He provides all that I need, all that I want. I want for you to know God. I want to dedicate my life to serving God, serving His people and doing His will.
All that I want, is for me and my kids to serve the Lord only. To give our lives to Him. To give all that we have to God. Use us Lord to help your children. Help me see where you want me to go and what you want me to do. Thank you Jesus for your example, for saving our lives. Thank you God for your Holy Spirit who comforts and guides.
Thank you Lord for all that you do, all that you give me and all that I am.
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