We've had a chance to do a few small things for some homeless
this year. It was fun gathering supplies of food and toiletries,
prayer pillows and copies of our books to send to a friend
in California who has an outreach to the homeless. But in
all, we reached fourteen people, when there are thousands
in need, and with the postage for shipping, I feel more
needs would have been met had we simply sent the money.
Yes, it was fun collecting those things, and it felt good,
but I kept wondering what would happen when their food ran
out, when their bars of soap were used up, when their opportunity
to feel a part of humanity instead of nameless faces was
once again gone. We have seen how huge the need is. I've
been supplied with the websites of a couple of Christian
organizations that help out with the huge homeless population
in Southern California. www.urm.org and www.metrokidz.com are
two avenues of service you will find helpful if you wish
to help in the most effective way possible.
We urge you to give. All through the Bible
there are reminders to give to the poor. There are teenagers,
elderly, mothers with children living on the streets because
they lost their homes to forclosure and had no one who could
take them in. If you were to send the amount of money you
might spend on a grocery bag full of food and supplies to
one of these organizations, I believe you will be blessed.
We have been. And I know there will be homeless human beings
who will be so touched to find that someone cares, and that
they aren't being forgotten by the rest of the world.
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