Homelessness meets East to West: How America in CA to NY is Failing to Take care of the “Least of These”

by Jeremy Caverley

http://www.jmclive.com 

In a time where technology abounds and social media is becoming the next “big thing.” To mega churches that are creating more branch campuses, to the latest political campaigns raising over a billion dollars each, you would think that the poor and homeless would be taken care of properly. Not if you live in Costa Mesa or New York.

The mayor of Costa Mesa wants to remove soup kitchens.  “My belief is that if we manage to put the soup kitchen out of business that will go a long way to addressing the attractiveness in our city that’s creating a huge negative impact,” Eric Bever said. (CBSLA.com)

Then you have the mayor of New York who now has banned the public from donating food to homeless shelters! Why you may ask? He says they need to monitor the food intake of “salt, fat and fiber eaten by the homeless.” (CBSNewYork) http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/13/government-calls-for-stricter-guidelines-for-school-lunches/

So what does the Bible say about the homeless?

Matthew 25:35-46 (New International Version)

³⁵ 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, ³⁶ 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.’

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? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰ “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.’

⁴¹ “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. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ 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.’

⁴⁴ “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?’

⁴⁵ “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.’

⁴⁶ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

REFLECTION:

When I grew up poor most of my life, it was the church, the body of Christ that helped my family and me. When I became homeless, the people served in the soup kitchens, the shelters, to Salvation Army locations and more. But when I see this peril happening here in my America, I have to ask what have we become? If we the people cannot serve others, we have truly lost our freedom. This is again another attack on religious freedoms here in our country. It is time to not only wake up but take action, we need to pray, fast, and repent of our sins and turn ourselves back to our knees in worship to Jesus Christ ask forgiveness and then we should never stop helping others in need. I am a living example of people serving Christ and helping others. Without servant hood hearts I would not be alive today to tell you this story of my life. So I leave you with this, will you be remembered for helping the “least of these” so that others like me can have a chance to live so that we can get back on our feet and serve Christ by giving back to others later in life? 

Jeremy Caverley
CEO/Founder
JMC Ministries
http://www.jmclive.com 


 

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