This evening, Stefani and I had dinner with a couple of homeless people. Uptown Church, which meets across the road at the Start of the Sea Hall, had their annual Christmas Dinner. While it is a dinner for the church, it is also a dinner for the community. So the community showed up, including a few van loads from downtown Surrey.
I've never been homeless. I have no idea what it is like. I have mixed feelings about the homeless. Sometimes, I think that everyone in our society has the ability to have a home - it is a person's choice to be without a roof over their heads. I know, too, that sometimes it is not necessarily by choice, that it is a set of circumstances that led them there; but if you go back far enough, would you find that a choice was made, and that choice was the catalyst, resulting in their being homeless?
In February, the band I play with might be doing a set at a fund raiser for Nightshift Ministries. I am excited about being able to play, but I think I am excited about being able to help, too.
I am really thankful for the roof over my head, good health, and a strong personal faith and relationship with God. John Bradford said, "There but by the grace of God go I". I know that it is not by my own strength, that's for sure.
Stefani and I have been looking for something to do. Our few experiences with the homeless has not led us to that as a ministry, but the day ain't over yet.
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