Awesome Experience

On Sunday, I just got back from a trip to Washington D.C. Now, for anyone who hasn't been there, this is a very big city. I mean, I thought Minneapolis was big(the biggest city I live by) but D.C. is huge. One of the things I liked most about D.C. was the different kinds of people that were there. There were people form all the different races, and different classes. As I was walking down the street one day, a thought struck me, God loves all these people, so why don't we?

How many times do we go walking down the street, by so many people, and we don't even give them a second thought. Has it not occurred to us that God is concerned for every single one of these people. Why then do we choose to ignore them?

One of the experiences I had was getting to talk and pray with a homeless man on the side of the street. I had just stopped for lunch at one of those vendors you see on the side of the street. I had just bought some food when a man came up and asked me for spare change. He proceeded to tell me that he just got back from the hospital. I reached into my pocket and found the change I had gotten from the money I had just spent on my lunch. I gave it to him, but with a stipulation. I will give this to you, but I would also like to pray for you to, I said. He loved the idea, and thanked me very much for praying with him. As much as I would have loved to stop and talk with him more, I had to go before I lost the friend I had with me.

If you ever get a chance to talk with someone on the street, take it. In D.C. if there is a homeless person on the side of the street, you are told to ignore them and not to even give them a second glance. How often do we fall into this same trap, not only in big cities, but in everyday life. As we walk down the hallways at school, as we pay for our lunch, and ignore the people in line right behind us, or the cashier about to check us out at the store. Even smiling at them and telling them to have a good day may change their whole day.

God loves them all, how then shall we act do anyone, and everyone around us, no matter what walk of life they come from?

Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify the Lord."