Would You Help A Homeless Man?
It was a cold Sunday morning when members started arriving at church, snow flakes had just fallen, people were rushing in to get inside. To the warmth, to the dry sanctuary.
As the members were walking in they were astonished to see a homeless person laying on the sidewalk by the front door. He was bent over all covered up with an old black trench coat, that had many holes in it.
His shoes had holes in it and you could see his socks filthy from months of grime on them. The man had a black hat on that covered his face. His hands filthy with dirt from probably digging in a garbage can some thought.
As the members made their way into the sanctuary, they were all discussing how this horrible filthy man, had the nerve to sleep at THEIR church doors!
Finally the pianist started playing and the members all sat down in their seats. They were all looking around, wondering where the Pastor could be. You could hear people whispering, saying, "Pastor Joe is probably telling that homeless man he needs to leave the property." "What would visitors think if they seen him."
All of a sudden, you could hear a gasp! The homeless man was walking down the middle of the church aisle, he made his way to the front, and then to the platform! When the homeless man got to the microphone. He said "Good morning, how are you all?"
The homeless man was their Pastor Joe!
2 comments:
That's very sad. I have a heart for the homeless and have dealt with them often. I know had it been our church he would have been helped for sure. Thanks for the reminder that when we help others we are indeed helping Jesus!
Thank you for sharing! I think we all need to be reminded of the important things in life!
Debbie B.
http://johnanddebinlove.blogspot.com/
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