It’s so easy to get caught up in our every day lives, our everyday worlds
But they are not the world, they are self created
Ignorance is bliss and we seem to seek out ignorance in order to fulfill this bliss
I cannot blame all of you; it has been engrafted inside of you since you were young
The American dream is to become rich, have a nice car, nice family
These are all good things, but are we missing something?
Again, we seem to seek out ignorance in order to fulfill our happy lives
Our happy, glutinous, greedy lives
I don’t know, but it seems it would be more difficult for the suburbanites
Maybe they don’t see the homeless every day
Homeless men do not have a future; they have no money, not much near hope for them
Maybe in the suburbs you think every lawn caring woman is happy and has it together
They sure look happy with all that makeup they fluff onto their pasty faces
Maybe you pass through the city on the way to work
Maybe you even work in downtown
I bet you’ve seen the homemade (but no home) signs; “Food”, a simple request, is it not?
This request does not even require you to learn his name
You don’t have to try to get him a place to stay that night
You don’t even got to shake his hand
You don’t even, necessarily; have to look him in his God given eyes
Just hand the human some food
But in your air conditioned car, with you windows up, your music on, you drive by
Is it that difficult?
Is the thought of yourself reaching out your hand; giving him those groceries too much?
No, you don’t want to look the homeless man in the eye, you drive by
It makes life easier for you to try to believe that there are not people who struggle
And it is easier, ignorance is bliss, but then again you saw the man, you saw the sign
Can you ignore it forever? Can you drive by forever? Will you conscience allow it?
I pray it does now allow it.
I pray that you believe, and think about these words, and about those struggling people
People like me are not rare, and these comparisons are not very rare either
I can show you books, and articles, and essays about this issue
About the odd way millionaires live in the same cities as poverty stricken individuals
This is not a new issue; the new issue is the condition of the real perpetrators hearts
I don’t pity the homeless man as much as I pity the man who fails to help him
Some of homeless men live happy, free, even, dare I say it, fulfilling lives
Some, on the other hand, are demon possessed-no joke (man law)
Regardless, they all need assistance, no doubt
But they will receive a certain amount of grace from our merciful God
You, on the hand, have homeless blood all over your pasty hands
I cannot say that a wealthy Christian will enter into heaven; I will never say this
(Jesus did not say this either, all things are possible but camels are large; needles small)
We serve a loving God but many people do not mention that we serve a God of wrath
We serve a jealous God
We serve a God who judges that nations, judges the heart; and we should fear God
The fear of the Lord is critical; you don’t have to be a Bible scholar to know that
Remember, Christian people, that Jesus preached a life-giving, life-sacrificing lifestyle
He told us to turn the other cheek, to love and pray for those who persecute us
He told us to not commit adultery and also not to lust
He told us to not murder and also not to hate
I believe self-inflicted ignorance is a form of hate, nay an expression of hate
It is hate in action, worse then hating someone with your words, hate incarnate
You are not blind, you act blind
You are not asleep, you act asleep
You people are just dumb
You people need to give up your entire lives to Christ
If I make this seem like its hard, it’s not that hard
Its only putting action into this book we call the Bible
The holy word of the Lord
It’s written in black and white, and sometimes red
If the book says to pray then pray
The books says to love unconditionally, love unconditionally
If the book says trample the devil under your foot, trample the devil under your dang foot
The book also says we serve a God that never leaves us nor forsakes us
We serve a God that does desire to bless us, bless us in his loving best interests
He wants us to have every good thing, read Philemon verse 6, and really read that crap
It’s not a time to awake; it’s a time to get out of bed
It’s not a time to receive sight; it’s a time to put your glasses on, refocus
Be lead by the Holy Spirit; ask him to guide you in your everyday life
Act upon all those things and all those other things that you know you must do
Do them, action, action, action, look people in the eyes!
Oh Lord I live among gluttons
Oh Lord I live among the greedy
Oh Lord I live among worldly people
It’s nothing new though, I will always serve you
Help me to endure, help me to be strong, help me to never give up
Thank you God for being faithful and just
Just, the Lord loves justice, what is justice?
Justice is reaching your hand out, justice is caring, justice is fair
Justice requires action and it requires strength
We can do this, it is far from beyond us, it is not amazingly hard
It requires some selflessness and some unity
We can do this
Let’s love the Lord God with all our hearts, all our minds, all our souls, all our strength
Then let’s love our neighbors as we love ourselves
And we love ourselves way too much to begin with
Let’s honor one another above ourselves, go beyond, live in harmony with one another
Let’s love the Lord God with all our strength, all the strength we posses
All our strength
We can do this
Do it
