Activist’s Web site, tweets put new face on homelessness – CNN.com

I sometimes struggle with how good I have it. I’ve said to my wife, “I do things unto the Lord, if He wants me to give my paycheck away to others I’m fine with doing that.”

But is that true? I mean, really?

I like to think that if I felt called to give money away that I would do it, but would I have the faith to do it without the safety net of knowing where my next meal was coming from?

I think that this is one of the reasons why I don’t step out in faith more often, because I sometimes, if I’m truly honest with myself, I doubt what God’s plan and provision is, if I will be able to meet the needs of my family.

In church, we’ve been talking about purpose and people. In this holiday season, I am reminded that it truly is about people. There’s nothing more important than the people of this earth.

And that gets me thinking about people that are homeless.

Do well off Christians feel guilt over the lifestyle they lead, when their fellow man is living below the poverty line, and it’s freezing outside and they have to beg for money? I know I do.

But then I look at what the bible says in Galatians:

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

This would mean that  I need to stop worrying, that I’m in the same boat as others around me. I’m not cut off from the person who has less than me, far from it, if anything, I should lift that person up if I’m able to.

Why should my doubt of God’s provision in my life, get in the way of someone else’s blessing?

I fall into the trap of doubting God in financial issues. My faith in this area can be weak.

Which is why I found this article on CNN so refreshing to see. Someone is going out and putting a face to the homeless in America, and showing what it is like. It breaks down the invisible but very real barrier between people. I do sometimes feel that there is an invisible class system in this country, and this is one way of breaking that class system down.

Activist’s Web site, tweets put new face on homelessness – CNN.com.