Monday, July 11, 2011

Angel or Bum?

My friend went to McDonalds yesterday and encountered a homeless man outside.   She asked him if he'd had anything to eat today, he hadn't.  Then she asked how long it had been since he ate.  He said a couple days, she was a little mad that nobody else had stopped for him.  He said he just wanted a .99 Egg McMuffin.  "Really, that's it?  How about some sausage on that?"  He agreed that sausage would be good and she picked him up a hamburger too, which she dropped and he ate it anyway.

Then she started to ask some questions and she gathered that he was probably Catholic, and he started to prophesy to her about her youth ministry which he couldn't have known about, he quoted some scripture that was relevant to her at this point in her life and prayed for her hurt shoulder.  I'm not sure who got blessed more...

There were other things about him too that just didn't fit the sterotypical homeless person.  He was well groomed, didn't stink ect.  I'm not sure that matters, maybe he makes more of an effort, but wow, I'm glad she stopped!  She called me and asked me what I thought.  Two scriptures came to mind...

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:2 and Matthew 25:34-45  “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.  For 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,  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
   “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 
  “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 
   “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.  For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,  I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
    “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
    “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

1 comment:

  1. Hey my latest blog post I'm doing / video is similar in the fact that it talks about listening to people that God has sent you.

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