Invisible Homeless
Spokane and most likely your city, have hundreds of homeless people, men andwomen of all ages, they live on the edge of main stream society and for the most part occasional ‘panhandler’ on the corner holding a sign asking for ‘money’ or ‘will work’.We try not to make eye contact or worse we mutter something about them getting a job.We lock our car doors before passing by them. I know I’ve done it and if you are honest, so have you. But I have yet to hear of them attempting a car invasion. But for every one you see panhandling there are probably another one hundred who live in the shadowsof ‘invisibility’. They are from almost every ethnic background and age; some addicted to drugs, some to alcohol, some just fleeing an abusive situation or having lost their job.They live under the Freeway, in the alleys, behind a dumpster; but they are visible if we open our eyes. We all have one thing in common; God loves them as much as you andme. He came to die for them too! Who will share the “Good News” of salvation, healing and redemption with them? Or will they remain ‘invisible’ because we choose to look away?
No comments:
Post a Comment