Comments on: Bleeding Hearts

By: e. barrett

e. barrett — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:44:15 +0000

Looking back at my life I’m ashamed of all the times I didn’t stand up for someone who was being made fun of. Back then I didn’t know God, so I was really only concerned with not becoming the object of ridicule myself.

Sadly, now that I know God, that tendancy is still all too strong.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:42:21 +0000

I did my internship with homeless people. The ones I worked with didn’t trust me because I was a Christian…so many of them were worked over by churches. It was so sad.

By: real live preacher

real live preacher — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:17:21 +0000

Children can be cruel but also kind. It’s funny that children who have been loved and taught to love seem to have a natural aversion to this. But children left alone (morally speaking) CAN (not always will) embrace the joy of watching another’s pain. I dabbled in that as a boy, mostly because everyone else was, but found it to be incredibly said and guilt producing.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:57:59 +0000

Hmm.. between the reading of Pistol’s post and Jim J’s comment it occurs to me that I too am guilty of carrying a preconceived notion that homeless folks are unchurched or saved.

I wonder; is this is due in part to the “church” focus of say feeding the hungry as a means to create opportunities for ministering? Not to imply that all churches do this nor that it is the soul (intentional pun) reason.

Perhaps, it’s the cultural mindset that equates success,health, wealth and prosperity with doing things “right” while poverty, sickness and a depressed lifestyle are equivalent to being not good, wrong, undesirable hence lost?

Thanks to the both of you for the eyeopener.

Grace and peace be with you.

By: Jim J

Jim J — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:35:32 +0000

Amen to that, Pete. I have learned much much more from homeless people than they ever learned from me. Early on I realized a fallacy in my own thinking. I thought it the coolest thing to teach the gospel to the homeless. 5 minutes into one “Do you know Jesus?” speech the homeless man turned the tables and gave me the best, most heart-felt rendition of the gospel that I’ve ever heard. I learned that he was a far better preacher than I was, and he was already saved.