I guess it is not finished and is expected to keep on throughout this day and end some where around eight pm. I know right now we have winds that are really blowing things around. Whew ! I guess winter wants to have a say before it must eventually end. What can one say in answer to that? Nothing. We must take what comes, or we could move to a more agreeable area of the country or the world even. ( Scratching my head here doing some thinking) ...
So it is interesting weather for sure but I am inside my home here warm and comfy playing at my computer. Earlier though I was watching a video someone shared and I saw people that were clearly homeless and living on the street. I was taken up short at the sight. I felt pangs of heartache for these lonely people sitting on a street all the while knowing I don't appreciate, as I should, all I have. I prayed for these nameless, faceless people that are throughout our world sitting in various places of helplessness, with varying reasons for their helpless states. What is it that separates us who have a place and those who do not? Why are they in this situation and I am not? One might say our choices. But I am not so sure that is true of every single person stuck in this place of being without . I used to hear my dad and mom say, " But for the grace of God that could be me/us."
I must say I agree with that statement they made all those years ago. At any given time I could have chosen a path that could have ended up with me in a place of desperation like this. Or someone else could have made a choice that changed my life and brought me to this. While it is good to give thought and prayer to these lost and homeless people, certainly there must be more than thought and prayers to be done! After all we are the hands and feet of God while here. So I am going to seek out some information and pray for some ways I can somehow make a difference. I did one time some years ago help a homeless lady a number of times but it has been far too long since I did that .
"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.' Matthew 25:40 http://biblehub.com/matthew/25-40.htm
Lord Jesus,
Thank you for making me aware again of others who have greater needs and that you care deeply about. I ask for your wisdom and follow through to be a person who does for one of the least of these that you will show me. Thank you for my home and warmth and for the blessings I have. I pray even now for those without who need basic needs met. Bless them even now. In Jesus I pray amen.
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