We’ve all seen them. Some of us have even tried to “not” see them. When we look away; when we scoot our car up to the red light; when we speed up so we don’t have to nod at them; when we make that face that says “sorry—wish I could help, but I don’t have anything!”
The homeless. They’re everywhere! At every corner we turn and at every red light where we stop. They’re always just there.
With a sign, without a sign; with a smile, with a frown. Just asking “brother, can you spare a dime?”
And, what is our answer? Some say “you can’t give them money, they will just go get a drink!” Others say, “They’re just stealing your money—they don’t need help!”
But, doesn’t it tug at you? Don’t you ever think? What if?
What if they really are homeless? What if they really do need that pocket change? What if your help makes a difference in whether they eat or go hungry?
What if you could make a difference in their life…by not looking away?
POINTS2PONDER What is our responsibility to help those less fortunate around us? Is it our job to help our brother in need?
Maybe the answer is as simple as going back to Vacation Bible School(VBS). Maybe the answer is as simple as Pakabag2savealife!
My third cousin Dawson learned a valuable lesson at Vacation Bible School this past week, and brought his lesson home.
They talked about how we are responsible to “help where we can, even in small ways.”
Dawson learned that there are times when… it’s as simple as a Ziploc Survival Bag.
On his own, he took a bag and added the following:
1 bottle of water, 1 granola bar, 1 toothbrush, 1 small toothpaste, 1 pack of peanut butter crackers, 1 pop tarts, 1 beef jerky! You get the picture.
And voila! You have a “GivaManaBag!”
It answers that nagging concern that says: “they just want our money and really aren’t homeless or hungry.”
You may pass them each day…but today, pack them a survival bag…and plan to pass it on!
Just try it—they just might like it!
And…if they DON’T --then you know…they just weren’t homeless or hungry enough!
They taught this to a VBS full of 7 year olds who went home and made their first “GivaManaBag” bag; all along believing—they could help!
And Dawson gave his to his Nana…for her to pass out the next day when she passed that familiar site, the one where the VietNam Vet is sitting there at the corner asking for help, “any help we can give.” That’s what his sign says!
Tomorrow, he will have a bag full of instant survival munchies…provided by a 7 year old who believes…
He can save the world! One Ziploc bag at a time!
Special thanks to my cousin Belinda who learned a lesson at VBS and from her 7 year old grandson Dawson…
and she thought “hey, this could be a Points2Ponder!”
And she was right…so? Anybody feel like packing a lunch? For somebody else?
Just start with a Ziploc bag and add a whole lot of love!
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