Our church is hosting a place for the homeless to sleep this week. It started out as usual with many helping and then as the week goes on it tapers off. We have been averaging around 115 homeless people looking for a warm place to sleep and a hot meal (last night we had 111). They come with only the clothes on their back. We have had the people in our church provide coats, toiletry items, etc. (Back in November our church started a coat drive and it ended in December. They had to be clean coats if they were not new.) We were able to provide a warm coat for most who needed one. We also had clothing for those who needed warm clothing.
We even had a group of young boys from a boys home come and help serve. Their leader stated that it would be good for them to give back to their community. They were all eager to help and I pray they came away as I did with a full heart of joy knowing we did something good for someone who needed it.
If you have not had an opportunity to help in a soup kitchen or something similar to what our church is doing I highly recommend it. You will come away so appreciative of what God has blessed you with (a warm bed, a hot shower, a soft chair to sit in, etc.) all the little things we take for granted on a daily basis.
With Love and Many Blessings,
Pam
Hope: To desire something with some confidence of fulfillment. A desire supported by some confidence in its fulfillment. A ground for expectation. To look forward. Expectation. Confidence. Anticipation. "Be joyful in hope..." Romans 12:12 "I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13 "..my hope is in you all day long." Psalm 25:5b
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