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The First of The Month / 06.04.08, 11:41 AM
So, as you may know, I often go to the local library on Saturdays to play chess with some of the homeless gentlemen there. I went this Saturday (in the morning, which is when they are there), yet no one was there. Sadly, this is because June 1st was Sunday. Because the first falls on a weekend, the social security, disability, etc. checks all get deposited the Friday before. Which explains where my friends were. They were out spending some of their newly acquired money both on good and not so good things. They will all be back within the next week or two, but for now, they spend it with no eye for the future. They are the proverbial “Kings for a day”.
I don’t really know what else to say. It stinks that many of those without a home are wasting their lives waiting each month for a check that they can spend for a few days on drugs and alcohol (and maybe some food or a place to stay) to forget about the situation they’re in, only to deepen the problem by blowing their money on a feeling that does not last. Who will love them, advocate for them, help them to see that they don’t need these things to be valuable and help them to end this cycle? Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord! (Romans 7:25) May we be the ones to help.
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I appreciate your honesty Nick because I feel like a lot of times we aren’t (able to be?) that honest about how we feel about the things we see around us. It’s sad, it’s frustrating, but it’s worth it to keep pressing on. People will continue to do the things they choose to do. People will od’ best for them. That doesn’t mean we stop loving them, supporting them, spending time with them. It really should just continue to spur us on.
By Andrea in NL / Jun 9, 05:37 AM / #