The Homeless at Christmas Time

Our family has had a burden to take notice of the homeless. We can acknowledge their presence with a smile, roll down our car window and ask how they are today. We can also ask their name and let them know that we are praying for them.

One of the things that I felt led to do this 25 days of Christmas was to pray for a specific young man who stands on the street corner of Blackstone and Shaw asking for help for he and his mother. Today I parked my car close to him and walked over and asked if I could talk with him for a few minutes. He said, "Sure", and walked over by my car with me. I shared with Him that God had put him on my heart and that my family and I had been praying for him. I said I know that you see so many people driving past you each day and you must wonder if anyone really cares. He shook his head up and down. I asked him his name and his mother's. He said, "Steven and Shelley". Then I asked if he would share a little of his story with me. He said, that they used to live with their grandmother until she died and that they were waiting for a home through section eight. I let him know that God cared for him and that He was able to deliver him from his present circumstances.

For a young man his teeth were starting to rot and he smelled like alcohol. I asked if I could pray for him and he took my hand and bowed his head. I left him with a gift but I could tell that he had been touched by the ONE who knows how to touch the soul. God led me to Steven. He is planting seeds in this young man's life. I hope you too will pray for he and and his mother.

The Homeless

You see us when you walk on the street.
Sitting on the ground or lying at your feet.
You turn your head with your Nose in the air.
To let us know that you don't care.

You look at us as if it were a Crime.
When we say " Hey, Buddy can you Spare a dime?"
But you could say "no" and just Turn away,
without even as much as a look of dismay.

It's horrible the way we live Each day.
When we have to eat what you throw away.
You live in a house, We live on the street.
In a cardboard box, do you think It has heat?

For we are not animals, we don't Live in a zoo.
Can't you look in our eyes and See we are human beings, too?
You have love, a family, a home.
We have nothing but emptiness; We're alone.

So the next time you're walking Down the street.
Please give some thought to the Homeless you meet.
Can you send some love and Kindness our way,
To brighten perhaps just one day?
For we are people, we had hopes and dreams, too.
But we weren't born as lucky as You.

Is there a homeless person that God desires you to reach out to this Christmas?

Matthew 25:34-40 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’