About a year ago my wife signed up to give Christmas baskets with the Cathedral Shelter that operates in Chicago. While shopping, we realized we were spending a lot of money on presents for this family. In the same moment we realized: if this family was a part of our family we wouldn't be concerned about how much we spent.
The first homeless man I encountered received the brunt of my father’s ignorance and immaturity. “Get a job you lazy asshole and stop milking the system,” my father yelled coughing up phlegm and spitting. I giggled because my father cursed. That’s the whole truth and except for God's Spirit in my life, I might be doing the same thing.
