I'm listening to 'Cry me a river', sung by Diana Krall. It's one of my favourite songs. The melancholy and the 'aha, take that'-ness of the song speaks volumes to my troubled past. :)
The first line was 'Now you say you're lonely, you've cried the whole night through'.
I was feeling really lonely yesterday night. It was raining. The train was late. That meant that i would miss my connecting bus home and have o wait for one 20-30 minutes later. I was annoyed.
Walking up Queen Street Mall, I saw a homeless man sleeping on the benches. He was grubby.
I walked back and forth a few times. Suddenly, I felt a pang of compassion. Lots of pangs. I looked at my watch. I had 10 minutes. I skipped off to Hungry jacks and got a meal and ran back. I knelt down and I woke him up by saying, "Sir". I was feeling apprehensive. Will he be angry? Will he yell at me? Will I look stupid?
He got up and rubbed his eyes
"I bought some dinner for you. It's cold tonight.It'll be nice."
"Thank you dear. God bless you."
I exchanged names with him. His name is Barry. I chatted a little while before I had to go. He shook my hand. He said "God bless you, God bless you"
"God bless you too sir"
I went on. I saw a couple more homeless men sitting around in the mall.
I was thinking, 'Should I buy them all Hungry Jacks too?'
I looked at my watch. It was time to go.
Someone's more lonely than me tonight. A couple more are colder.
Perhaps I should go to the mall more often and buy dinner for people. Maybe this tie, I'll sit and chat. How do we be Jesus to the world? I don't know how to in the long run .
But I know that Jesus said:
Matthew 25:35-40
One by one. Little by little.
The first line was 'Now you say you're lonely, you've cried the whole night through'.
I was feeling really lonely yesterday night. It was raining. The train was late. That meant that i would miss my connecting bus home and have o wait for one 20-30 minutes later. I was annoyed.
Walking up Queen Street Mall, I saw a homeless man sleeping on the benches. He was grubby.
I walked back and forth a few times. Suddenly, I felt a pang of compassion. Lots of pangs. I looked at my watch. I had 10 minutes. I skipped off to Hungry jacks and got a meal and ran back. I knelt down and I woke him up by saying, "Sir". I was feeling apprehensive. Will he be angry? Will he yell at me? Will I look stupid?
He got up and rubbed his eyes
"I bought some dinner for you. It's cold tonight.It'll be nice."
"Thank you dear. God bless you."
I exchanged names with him. His name is Barry. I chatted a little while before I had to go. He shook my hand. He said "God bless you, God bless you"
"God bless you too sir"
I went on. I saw a couple more homeless men sitting around in the mall.
I was thinking, 'Should I buy them all Hungry Jacks too?'
I looked at my watch. It was time to go.
Someone's more lonely than me tonight. A couple more are colder.
Perhaps I should go to the mall more often and buy dinner for people. Maybe this tie, I'll sit and chat. How do we be Jesus to the world? I don't know how to in the long run .
But I know that Jesus said:
Matthew 25:35-40
35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
One by one. Little by little.
Comments
Sorry I did't call back after shep, got back real late and we had prayer this morning and leaders meeting went on past 2:30pm today straight after. sitting here listening to Fab and Nsofwa practice for tomorrow...
You ok?
Sometimes we just tend to get too comfortable at where we are at and we just forget others.
But really, I am inspired by what you did. Keep doing what you are doing. Wish there were more you.
Love,
Mir