What good is it my sisters and brothers if you
supply the bodily needs of those who are hungry and do not wish them well by
warming them with the sharing of peace? What good is that? I’m taking some
liberties with the word from James but only because there is a tendency for
well-meaning people to provide for people in need without ever getting to know
or appreciate the person in need. Calvary’s participation in the Room in
the Inn ministry attempts to meet both the relational and physical needs of the
guests who spend the night in our family life center and if you ask them I
think they appreciate the relational aspect as much as the physical. The
homeless need help, no doubt, but what they long for is dignity and that
doesn’t come to anyone as charity. It can only be found in true friendship and
genuine love that looks past possessions or lack thereof to value another as a
human being created in the image of God.
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