God's Love In Action

Sunday afternoon we served a meal and gave clothing to the homeless in the Wahiawa city park.  The woman in the picture with the aqua shirt had had one leg amputated.  She and her dog are homeless.  She gets around with a very worn wheel chair.  Can you image being homeless and unable to walk?

 

Another woman told me that her father brought her and her mother to Hawaii when he was transferred here on a military assignment.  When he went to his next assignment, he abandoned the two of them.  They had no way to return to the mainland.  Another man needed a pair of size 10 shoes.  We only had size 9 1/2.  He tried the shoes on and they fit.  I told him that God made the shoes fit.

He looked baffled and replied, “I used to wear size 9 1/2.”

 

I sat with another man as we ate.  He said, I always say a prayer before I eat.”  Then he folded his hands like a small child and began to pray.  His brother, who ate lunch with us, said that he goes to three Celebrate Recovery sessions and two church services each week to enable his sobriety.

Jesus told us to care for those in poverty.  When we care for their physical needs, they may see Christ’s love for them through our concern.