As I sit here collecting my thoughts, I can't help but wonder how truthful the men and women were being last week. We've begun to know and understand each other, and part of me feels guilty not being there to assure that everyone has a hot meal to eat on this day.
I'm told time and time again, that it's nearly impossible for the homeless to starve in the streets of Pacific Beach, so that gives me comfort, but I strongly feel that food alone is not good enough. The people need friendships, people to talk to when they have issues, people they can hug and be warmed by a genuine smile. The purpose of the ministry is not to give them food and walk away, but to share the Love that Jesus Christ has for people, yes including the homeless.
I can't think of a better way to start off the New Year, than to share it with the needy and telling them how they too can start the year fresh by abiding in GOD: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!- 2 Corinthians 5:17
