Freedom Writers

I think it's sad how in our society there are "throw-away people". What I mean is that there are people we think it would be too hard to help. Sometimes it's the alcoholic or drug addict. Sometimes it's the tenth homeless man begging for money you see on your way to a Tigers' game. Sometimes it's the orphan in another country. Sometimes it's the murderer on death row. The thing is, we all have some of that in each of us. As humans we are all sinful, hopeless and poor. Praise the Lord that He has rescued us from that. Here's a question: Say there are 3 homeless men that know each other and live on the streets together. They have lived on the streets together their whole lives and they all know what a terrible life it is and what each other struggles with every day. Now, one of the men gets a dollar as a hand out and buys a lotto ticket. He wins 20 million dollars. When he gets that 20 million he goes and buys a huge house, tons of great stuff and has a grand ole time because he has never had anything in his whole life. He gets plastic surgery, new teeth and a bunch of rich friends who don't know his past. He never talks to his 2 homeless friends again. He still knows what they are going through but chooses to forget them to go on to his new lifestyle. Do we judge him? I mean, he sounds like a pretty crappy friend to me. He sounds a little bit like me too though. I mean, I went from having nothing, being a crappy sinful human being with no love or salvation, to having the grace of God. Jesus Christ died for my salvation and I'm keeping it all to myself. I think a lot of us do that. Thanks Jesus for the gift... It's super! And then we just keep right on moving. We have more than we could ever ask or imagine and we still don't share it with others. We pick and choose who is good enough for the gospel and decide who needs to know. We would never say that but it's true. I'm going to try to be more open to God's calling this week. Who knows what could happen?! Maybe we could all do the same?