God Working With Men And Women
Who are the
homeless people? Why are they homeless? What do the homeless
need? Why don’t our public programs work? How can we help? -
Homeless adults feel that what they need most are help finding a
job, help finding affordable housing, and help paying for
housing. However, the main types of assistance that homeless
people usually receive are clothing, transportation and help
with public benefits. We need to understand homelessness; and we
need to understand the special needs of homeless children,
homeless women, homeless veterans and homeless seniors.
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HOMELESS
HOMELESS doesn’t mean we never
had a family or even that we have drug/alcohol problems.
The biggest reason for homelessness is unaffordable
housing then it’s job loss, sickness, divorce.
HOMELESS is not something
people do for “a living”... if it were so easy why would
anyone work?
HOMELESS doesn’t mean we
are a certain color. Please remember God made us
different so we’d learn how to love. By the way, how are
you doing?
HOMELESS doesn’t mean we
just need a cup of soup and a blanket. We aren’t just
hungry, we are actually homeless.
HOMELESS means we cannot
get a home with reasonable payments because as
HOMELESS we often have
lost our credit through illness, divorce or a situation
beyond our control.
HOMELESS doesn’t mean we
don’t know the Lord. Like you, we know we will answer to
Him for everything we do and don’t do in the end. That’s
why most of us are quiet, kind, helpful and careful
people. We may be poor but we aren’t stupid. The church
is said to be the only place that shoots its wounded.
Please, stop shooting.
HOMELESS means getting a
job can be nearly impossible with no phone or address or
even a place to do up a resume and keep it clean and
presentable. Sometimes we can use the computer in a
library but usually they don’t want us there. If we are
disabled then we cannot work for one year.If we do we
will NEVER get disability payments until we are out of
work for one year. It’s the law.
If we are mentally ill then we really don’t know what to
do.The world is a terribly scary place ...
HOMELESS doesn’t mean we
are 100% ok that day that you meet us.Did you ever have
a day where you didn’t do things exactly right because
of a situation or news you didn’t care for? Try our
lifestyle on for size and see how you feel.
HOMELESS, especially if
we have no young children, are not abused, or are not a
senior citizen, is a position society doesn’t work well
with. They have no reason to help us.
But you would think the church could figure it out.
HOMELESS means God would
expect you to do exactly as the Bible says because
anything less will leave us
HOMELESS .
We appreciate a meal but more than that invite us to
your Bible study, give us a Bible with our name on it
like we used to have, be faithful and don’t forget to
pick us up early
so we can bathe and put clean clothes on at your house.
Honor our trust with love, not indifference.
Don’t tell others of our homelessness until we have the
chance to develop friendships based on love, not based
on “HOMELESS” and
people’s prejudices. Play fair is all we ask.
HOMELESS is perhaps one
of the ultimate tests for the successful Christian,
whether it’s you or me.
HOMELESS is
not a state of living, it’s the ultimate position for
miracles....don’t just pray, ACT. ANYTHING LESS is not
faith and won’t please God.
Don’t just be touched for this moment while you read
this. Make a difference. Forget fear; it has no place in
God’s Kingdom.
Praise the Lord for new avenues to help those who you
would consider “the least of these”... of course only
fear and prejudice determines “the least of these” but
by society’s standards we are just that.
Heaven is a place we won’t be
HOMELESS anymore. But until then we need more
than prayers... The poorest of poor take in people who
need help. Can’t you do at least that much?
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS
DEAD.
Lynn Marie Moen
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Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so
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