Proverbs 13 and 14.
There are a few themes that flow throughout these two verses, but one area that really spoke out to me and is really prevalent is the talk about homelessness. The Bible addresses this a lot throughout the Bible, and one thing that God wants us to do about the homeless, is to HELP them. I do not know about any of you, but there are times when I am walking by, driving by and I feel the spirit pushing me to give them something. A voice almost takes over your whole body saying, help them, ask them what you can do for them.
Working in LA, I see homeless people everywhere. Many of them have made it a full time job and become lazy human beings just living off the money that people give them.
Proverbs 13:4 says
"Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper and be satisfied."
I am not pointing out only the homeless people, but there are also many people who are in general just do not try in life. They live lazy lives and do not have a drive to work hard. But to my point, there are many people who are homeless because they refuse to work. And they are able to find enough money begging on the street. So many times when I personally pass by homeless people, there are many who I am not pushed to help.
But for the ones that I am pushed to help, I help. I do what I can..whether it means to ask them, or not. And for some of them, they may be lazy human beings and they just live a beggars life because it is easier. But when I help people I make sure to be praying for them the whole time I am there with them. I pray that they use the money, or the food that I buy them in honor of your name. And that they would feel His love, and become a follower of Christ.
I am not writing this to boast in the fact that I help the homeless, it is more because the Bible constantly reminds us to help the poor.
"It is a sin to despise one's neighbors; blessed are those who help the poor."
God tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves. I am over and over blessed enough to have food. I am able to come home to a warm house, I have a car, I have job. There are those who do not have anything that I have, it is important that we share God's love to those who do not have what we have, and help them out. We are all God's people, it is a fact that in heaven we are going to be all worshiping together. People from all over the world, people who were rich, poor, homeless, and people who have a home.
Proverbs 14:31
"Those who oppress the poor insult their makes, but those who help the poor honor him."
if you see a homeless person and you feel the need to help them, HELP THEM. We can all make excuses like I do not have any money, I do not have anything to give them. But they may need someone to talk to, they may need something. The Lord works in crazy ways and we know so little, if you feel the push of the spirit, follow it, do what it says, you never know what could happen.
There have been times when I feel the spirit pushing me, and I do nothing. I regret all those times I do that. Because what happens if you ignore the spirit, you are slowly extinguishing its power in your life. If you feel the urge, act on it, if you like me hear a voice telling you what to do, act on it.
We can live this life for ourselves. But we can also live our life for a greater purpose. We can live it for the Lord.
Another thing that I see living in LA, is empty people. They have all the money that they need, they have the nice car, they wear the expensive jewelry, and buy expensive clothing. They have many friends and people all around them, many live a life in fame. Everything that this world stands for, they have. But they are empty. They are lost beings always looking for something new to fulfill them.
Proverbs 14: 13 says
Laughter can conceal a heavy heart; when the laughter ends, the grief remains."
We can experience highs and lows, yet when the highs end...we are left with our thinking and if you are empty and alone, it will eat one apart.
I very much experienced this feeling recently. Everything I did I would never be alone. I would go to friends houses to get away from facing my thoughts of loneliness. When the laughter ended, the grief remained. But when you abandon your thought on this world, when you stop focusing on the things of this world, and focus on things set above. The love that the Lord has for us, we do not need to be sad, we do not need to feel empty.
We have the Lord standing there with open arms, wanting to love us. We just need to run to him, and he will take away the pain, he will take away the hurt, he will heal us.
I am being healed to this day.
Thank you Lord for loving me, and never leaving me. The times when I turned away from you, the times when I felt strong enough to not need you, you were still there for me. I have abused you and turned away...yet much like the story in the prodigal son, you are there waiting for us to come back to you, you have never stopped loving us.
I love you Lord with all of my heart, and soul.
You are the way to everything good.
You are the way to eternal life.
You are the way to true happiness.
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