2 Worlds

I have spent the first of 3 days in a meeting. Most of the time I just sit there wondering "what am I doing here?" It's a religious meeting where people listen to speakers tell them how to resurrect their church, or something of the sort. I have a little booth, which is why I'm there, to advertise and share about Feed My Sheep.

I spend most of my days with guys and girls who are homeless and I really enjoy it. These are people who are currently struggling for a host of different reasons. One of my struggles right now is that I don't have enough money and cannot find a building for a shelter this winter. I need another $25,000 to make this thing happen. When we don't have a shelter, people FREEZE TO DEATH! So .... here I am sitting in these meetings with Christians who are there to get energized and learn how to follow God better. The irony of this all is... according to my calculations the money that was spent for a 3 day seminar will easily be more than we need to house and protect the homeless from an uncertain winter. The more I read the Bible the more I feel like this isn't right. I sent out a letter to 30 churches in my area asking to use one of their buildings in the evenings to house our folks. Not a single reply. One pastor went so far as to tell me that he would be happy to let to homeless sleep there but he has stuff for the youth in the evenings. Let me re-phrase this a little. The homeless cannot sleep here, understanding they might die, because we need this to have meetings. I feel like at times I'm beginning to feel the heart of God and this makes me very sad to know what he often feels. My heart simply breaks. How can we show the world the love of Christ and simply ignore the hurting, the needy, the homeless. Is this the God of unconditional love we are proclaiming to follow? I now understand God's heart of Isaiah 58. I now understand the downfall of Sodom - Ezek. 16:48-49. We throw a little bit of money at different ministries and let someone else deal with the people. Does Isaiah 58 not scream "IF SOMEONE IS HOMELESS, TAKE THEM INTO YOUR HOMES?"

I definitely don't want to bash anyone or anything, please respond if I'm doling out unfair words here. Come on church, let's bring the kingdom of heaven here among us. Let's begin to make the things that breaks God's heart, break ours. Let's get passionate about the things he's passionate about. Let' stop being about ourselves, our churches, our denominations, and live a message of love to the whole world! Why do we hold people like Dorothy Day, Mother Theresa, Karolyn Spencer, Lottie Moon up on a pedastal? That is not where they belong, they are there because we have lost our way.