a serious matter: homelessness

There is conversation worth your time over at Mark's blog about attitudes regarding homelessness in Budapest. I weighed in with a too long comment that you might read as well... it is interesting to me because this morning I just read these words about the sermon on the mount...

"The Beatitudes are lists of human 'lasts' who at the individualized touch of the heavens become divine 'firsts.' The gospel of the kingdom is that no one is beyond beatitude, because the rule of God from the heavens is available to all. Everyone can reach it, and it can reach everyone. We respond appropriately to the Beatitudes of Jesus as if this were so, as it concerns others and as it concerns ourselves." (Willard, Divine Conspiracy, p.122) here are some 'lasts' that some of my friends in Kyiv
are trying to help...

I took this picture of a friend who lives in a steam tunnel in Kyiv. SOme of my friends who are also followers of Jesus have commited their lives to trying to help these kids...

There are other lasts... hear this...

"Who could be on your list of 'hopeless blessables' as found in today's world? Certainly all of those on Jesus' lists, for though they are merely illustrative, they are also timeless. But can we, following his lead as a teacher, concretize the gospel even more for those around us? Who would you regard as the most unfortunate people around you?" (Willard p. 122)

Remember this, Jesus came from heaven to be with us, but he was often without a place to lay his head...