Comments on: feeding the hungry

By: patsy

patsy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:47:04 +0000

You know for so long we have looked at homeless, poor, and needy as those who will not work, those who had but threw it away on drugs, etc. We always want to make ourselves look good for what “we have accomplished,” and not what we have “been blessed with.” I have never had to wonder how I would pay the bills, and to that I am thankful, but I have family members who have and are there. Out of my blessings I try to reach out to those in need. Can I save the world. No but I can make a difference in one’s life at a time. I do not understand the thinking of those who think they too cannot fall. I mean, did they get on top because they stepped on others backs, or because others lifted them up. Should we not be about lifting others up whether to feed, cloth, or house them? This is what it means to live in community. In charity, we feed, cloth, and house. Through humanity we provide and teach them ways in which to provide for themselves. If we only provide charity then we keep them in the state they are. But if we do both then we have brought them out of poverty. Let’s be about both.

By: JJacob

JJacob — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:11:46 +0000

hey man..so I was interning today..and I came across this statistic, and I thought you’re post.

” People experiencing homelessness are not a static group; homelessness is a “revolving-door phenomenon.” It is estimated that over the course of a year, between 2.3 and 3.5 million people will experience homelessness, of which between 900,000 and 1.4 million will be children.”

I don’t know how up to date it is, but we have a long ways to go.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:05:03 +0000

JJacob, i agree with you completely. most of the things Christ calls us to aren’t easy. unfortunately, and yet that’s how the real adventure begins!

By: matt

matt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:59 +0000

thank you mary. hope you’re doing well!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:34:02 +0000

The reason it sounds good to you Matt, is because you are a real Christian. Many who claim to be, are not. Jesus will say to many, ‘depart from me, I never knew you.’
It is important in our fellowship with Jesus that we allow Him to know us,too. If we are honest with Him, He can change our lives. He has the power to fix everything and no thing is beyond Him. Many people like those at the above mentioned community fail to realize that EVERYONE is poor and needy in SOME ways. On the poverty stricken, it is easy to see their needs; on others it is harder to help when we cant see whats wrong. But — it is never wrong to do the right thing!

By: JJacob

JJacob — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:26:02 +0000

this makes me sad..really sad. This is exactly what we’re supposed to doing. This is the heart of the gospel–and what Christ continually spoke about-loving in action. I can see why the neighbors feel at unease because of those incidents, but I feel like they are stereotyping all homeless people as bad people. It’s a sticky situation, but it was never meant to be easy.

By: JBussell

JBussell — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:01:21 +0000

Our church has adopted an unreached people group in Mali. This was our first trip of many over the next several years. I was fortunate enough to be able to go on this trip with 5 other guys. It was a great trip, one in which we saw 5 guys choose to follow Christ in a village we visited.

I love the fact that you are getting so involved in your neighborhood. There is tons of poverty here in our own backyards. Because of the size of our church, we are fortunate that we can do international missions as well as local missions.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:33:49 +0000

Keely, thanks for the comment. i agree with you – more churches definitely need to be doing more for the poor.

By: Keely

Keely — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:25:24 +0000

I’m actually upset that more churches aren’t doing this. To answer your question, in my opinion it’s never ok to not help the poor. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing? I guess it’s a hot topic for me right now because I’m immersed in it at the moment, I usually don’t comment on strangers blogs Thanks for posting it though!

By: matt

matt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:41:44 +0000

wow. would love to travel that much. congrats to you friend. but yes, there is a lot of poverty in the world. a lot in east nashville too…