Skid Row
Hey all,
I must admit. I have a deep appreciation for the steady blogger's. I think that is tight. I just wanted to share something that happened to me really quick. I guess this is for the few that read it, but i hope that you can be encouraged. So a good friend of mine comes down the hall to my room and askes me what I am doing tonight. I reply, "I have no idea, what about you." He responds, "Well, I'm going to Skid Row." I know what your thinking, and i was thinking the same thing! "The metal band?" Come to find out, it was much more than that. Skid Row is California's biggest and most profoundly known slum. It is basically a ghetto. It is where all the drug dealers, prostitution, and homeless people reside. So, we got a group together with some that have never gone, and others that go every friday. What happens is, we go to Del Taco and buy taco's for the homeless and eventually share the gospel. We finally got to Skid Row and I must say, i have never done anything like that in my life. It completely opened my eyes to the world and the reality of the lost, hopeless, and dying. I have never seen drug deals in front of my eyes! I have never seen prostitution deals right across the street from me! It was so eye opening and i really felt a love for these people. I'm not calling myself a saint, cause there are guys that do it every week, I just felt a desire to help these people. It is interesting because it is very dangerous. I got pushed, and beer thrown at me, and yelled at, sworn at. All i could think the whole time was, "It's interesting that Jesus did not spend time with people like us.. but with these people. The prostitues, the lame, the blind, and the homeless." It was an amazing opportunity and I hope that we all share a desire to spread the Word of God, wherever we are.
peace and love
dave
I must admit. I have a deep appreciation for the steady blogger's. I think that is tight. I just wanted to share something that happened to me really quick. I guess this is for the few that read it, but i hope that you can be encouraged. So a good friend of mine comes down the hall to my room and askes me what I am doing tonight. I reply, "I have no idea, what about you." He responds, "Well, I'm going to Skid Row." I know what your thinking, and i was thinking the same thing! "The metal band?" Come to find out, it was much more than that. Skid Row is California's biggest and most profoundly known slum. It is basically a ghetto. It is where all the drug dealers, prostitution, and homeless people reside. So, we got a group together with some that have never gone, and others that go every friday. What happens is, we go to Del Taco and buy taco's for the homeless and eventually share the gospel. We finally got to Skid Row and I must say, i have never done anything like that in my life. It completely opened my eyes to the world and the reality of the lost, hopeless, and dying. I have never seen drug deals in front of my eyes! I have never seen prostitution deals right across the street from me! It was so eye opening and i really felt a love for these people. I'm not calling myself a saint, cause there are guys that do it every week, I just felt a desire to help these people. It is interesting because it is very dangerous. I got pushed, and beer thrown at me, and yelled at, sworn at. All i could think the whole time was, "It's interesting that Jesus did not spend time with people like us.. but with these people. The prostitues, the lame, the blind, and the homeless." It was an amazing opportunity and I hope that we all share a desire to spread the Word of God, wherever we are.
peace and love
dave
2 Comments:
Dave, this is probably the most encouraging post I've ever read. It is amazing to see the extreme depravity of the world. But the wild thing is, like you said, Christ didn't spend time with the righteous. He said, "Let he with no sin cast the first stone." That really convicts my heart to how much we show hate towards the prostitutes and the drug dealers... because we are just the same as them. We are sinful people. Its not about race, and its DEFINITELY not about class... its about just being human! We are ALL human! ALL sinners in the hands of a forgiving Christ. How blessed are we with what we have and how SELFISH are we to take advantage of what we have by forgetting about the homeless and the prostitutes and the drug dealers... We all need Christ. All of us.
Thanks for the post bro. The most encouraging post I've ever read. By far.
I love you man.
tk
Dude, thats so incredibly awesome that you feel called to do something, (if you do) But I know how you feel, I've always felt like I'll be doing something with the homeless when I'm older. That is a very encourageing post, love to see you blogging again.
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