With all the praise, honor and glory to my savior Jesus Christ, I ask that you accept these words without judgment or offense.
I Pray that we are not "fair weather friends of God".
With the holidays, I'm always amazed at the amount of caring I see during this time of the year, but it doesn't seem to carry pass January 2nd. Just the the resolutions people seem to forget them within a short time after making them. I've been off work for the last 2 weeks and I am very perceptive of my surrounding and I make it my business to "people watch" whether I'm walking the street, driving my car or strolling the mall. While on vacation I noticed people were very nice and accommodating probably because it was the holidays, but I also noticed the moment the holidays were over and people were back to the grind the sense of caring was GONE, case and point.
Every Saturday morning before I get to the barbershop I grab a Tea from my local Dunkin Donuts and there is a homeless man that's outside this DND everyday, he doesn't ask for anything, but his situation is apparent. Now EVERYDAY I saw this man BEFORE Christmas, I noticed this homeless man had a cup of coffee, a newspaper and a danish, donut or croissant, it was apparent to me people had been giving him things because of the holiday. Why isn't this the case all year long? Remember what the bible says about giving to those less fortunate than us in the Book of Luke (14:14) "Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
But why does someone have to be less fortunate than you, we should give all the time without provocation (Acts 20:35) for remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: "It is more blessed to give than to receive.". I can't tell you how living this way has enriched my life, if I told you what I did, helped and gave to people last year alone you would not believe me and I do it all ANONYMOUSLY, 99% of the time they never know who did it.
I ask that you let me stand as your example, GOD has allowed me to receive more than I could have ever dreamed of in my life and I don't give to be blessed by God (great by product though) I give because of how It makes me feel inside. There is no other feeling in the world like the feeling of knowing how you can positively affects someone else life.
The next time you look, walk or drive pass a homeless person and DO NOTHING remember these two things:
1. "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it"
2. The King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
It's in Jesus name I say this prayer to you,
AMEN
Be the example
