So there was an article in the paper this week saying that Greeley has nearly 3000 homeless people. It also mentioned that Greeley is one of the poorest areas in Colorado. These numbers break my heart. Things shouldn't be this way.
The hardest part for me is that I never see these people in Greeley. I'm sure it's because I stay in my own little bubble and stay in one section of town where I can get to every store I need w/o having to travel far. But you would think with 3000 I would see some of these people.
It's interesting how we all go about our normal lives not realizing how bad our community is. I'm working on some stuff to hopefully bring to light some of this info to the people in my church.
I hope that one day I can leave a legacy. I want people to come to my funeral and I want them to all know how much I cared about the poor and how much I want to share God's love with them. All these things are going to mean I will have to step out of my comfort zone and be apart of things and be around people I'm not used to. It's going to require a lot of strength and that I will rely on God for.
This all reminds me of the verse in the Bible that says to do things as if you are doing them for Jesus. I'm not good at memorizing verses in the Bible so forgive me if I have said that somewhat wrong.
My goal in life is to try and reach the people that God calls, "the least of these". I dont know yet how or what that means for me yet but I pray that God will just keep filling my heart with love and filling my head with ideas. I also pray he will bring me the people I need to get things organized.
There will be a day when there are no homeless or poor people in the world and that will be when Jesus come back! AMEN!!!
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