Life over the past couple of months has been much different than ever before. Change is happening in every part of who I am. The way I think about the things around me. The way I feel about God and how I think He feels about me. My vision for the millions of homeless, hungry, and broken men, women, and children around the world. My eating habits. How I feel about the church in America.
There’s so much change. Sometimes when you go through such drastic changes, it’s easy to forget who you are, or who God created you to be. If you’re like me, you ask that question daily… “God, who am I? What did you create me for?” Those are questions that are slowly being answered through the stories of the bible, circumstances, and prayer. For so long I just looked to other people to figure out parts of myself. But lately I’ve realized that God created me uniquely, unlike anyone else. And that my calling and purpose while on this earth is going to unlike that of anyone else.
My heart for the homeless, hungry, and broken continues to grow, and with that there’s this dangerous desire to be angry at the people who do not yet care. Many of my young brothers in Christ who are advocates for the homeless are angry – angry enough to blame the church and call american christians phonies. That used to be me. I used to blame the church.. call pastors fakes.. call christians hypocrites.. ignore organized religion. But for what? How is my anger towards the church helping the church? Isn’t it love that creates change? Even though my brothers and sisters in christ across America may be off track, does that give me the right to condemn them? No, it does not. Love must always prevail, and grace must always reign down – just like it did on that day that our Savior Jesus Christ died on the cross.
I Love Evelyn is going beautifully, even though we have zero money. This is a difficult time for the economy, and I just don’t have the heart to beg for the money to keep the place open. God has always provided in creative ways, so I’ll just trust that He’ll continue to do that.
The short documentary we’ve been working on for over a year is nearing completion. Stay tuned for more information on that.
Also, my book is finally coming along! The book cover has been designed and the book is being edited by a very talented and good friend of mine who’s good at that editing thing. It’s exciting to be in the final stages of working on the book! If you haven’t heard, the book is titled, “Dear Evelyn,”
Pick it up when it comes out! Help support me and the millions who have been forgotten on the streets of this country we live in.
just read your blog here in shreveport,la and what you said made me shead a tear it is so true people don’t look at homelessness as it needs to be addressed because you have diff.degrees of homelessness 4 example you have the “nomadic”homeless like myself and a few other kids out over the rail and wether you think so or not chad i ACTUALLY appreciate what u have done for me and my fellow homeless friends. i don’t begrudge you for kickin’ me out but 4 ever was a little extreme espically when jerry was sittin outside poppin bottles of vodka and i quote “was gonna box my ears in”i did what any self respectin’ white person would have done so take care and i’ll probably see you in a couple of weeks been in shreveport since b4 mardi gras and im currently attending first u.m.c shreveport tell all the staff hi and ill type at ya later p.s badassroadrebel@yahoo.co the e-mail runs both ways u know
Comment by brandon albert — March 28, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
thanks for the hit back chad i’m still in shreveport,la and let me tell you it SUX here i’ll be coming through there on or around the 20th of april appreciate what ur doin for the fellow homeless in my hometown there.you r truly a godsend even if you stay up all hours of the nite playin playstation and all that
Comment by brandon albert — March 31, 2010 @ 7:43 pm