I have always passed them by. I cannot deny that I must have been scared or
I simply thought that was not my problem. At the same time, I have had a bad
conscience that I could not do anything for them. ‘Maybe next time… when I become stable, I may help them…’ Suppressing
discomfort in the innermost recesses of the heart, I did not bat an eye and avoided
that location in a hurry.
They are not different. Actually, I do not even want to differentiate
between “homeless” people and “home yes” people by saying “they.” We are the
human beings and creation made by the author of nature. I honestly do not know
anyone’s story on the street. So you cannot slander people without knowing anything about
them. Abysmal suffering from being forsaken by truelove, being cast out from
society, or worn out by poverty… Many people at the shelter already closed
their mind and did not seem to share their story. I mingled with them and asked
him right next to me to sing a hymn together, but he said “No.”
It is well, (it is
well),
With my soul, (with
my soul)
It is well, it is
well, with my soul.
2 hymns resonated throughout the hot but mentally frozen air about 10
minutes, and I was greatly embarrassed at that moment. I felt like they were
blaming God lamenting their lives. I guess every single person might have had
experience to feel bitter against God for his heartlessness, “Oh, God. Why did you do this to me! Why am
I suffering from this?” People are disappointed with incompetent-looked God
and they drift apart from Him. I do even feel like this way that God seems to
do nothing and just stands by and looks on with folded arms what’s happening on the earth. If
someone who never even sang along the chorus would ask me “Do you still believe in God? If so, why?” I would say “Yes!” because at least, Good
Spoon team comes to Baltimore to share God’s love by giving free food, daily
necessity, and clothes once a month. The life seems to be so bleak and fall
into endless darkness, but at least,
there is hope for all of us. Hope that God is always be with us to become a
partner of our joys and sorrows.
Good Spoon does missionary work and social services for the urban poor in
the U.S. It was established in 2004 to begin providing free meals on the
street, and expanded its service to having their haircut, providing clinic, helping
employment and recruitment, solving the cases of unreasonable remuneration, opening
ESL, Korean class and tutoring class, and share the happiness during
Thanksgiving or Christmas for free. The biggest objective for Christian on the
ground is to spread the gospel. It must be not a good thing to see if
Christians are selfish enough to be baldly pompous and self-serving. I know
that there is no “next time.” That’s why I join this work. Even though I am not
still sure how I can understand and help them fully, I believe paying attention
to them and praying for them at any time would be an immediate contribution
that I can happily to do.
That was what I have always had a load on my mind. I have only been
concerned about people in Africa while I have not done anything for my
community. To be honest, I wanted to ask and double-check myself if I am really willing to put
all of my energies into people’s health in Africa by working for people of a
community, my neighbors in Baltimore. No matter where neglected classes of
people are, I want to embrace all of them to share the God’s love. Because it
could also have happened to me. I could also have become the underprivileged and I could also fall into that situation anytime. There is no complete peace of mind and
comfort in a changing world. People meet and part every single day, and you
cannot rely on any people forever. What you can do is to find happiness and holiness
in the Lord and appreciate the heart’s-blood, the LIFE at this moment.
Let's just look at the world in a different way. The world is so beautiful!
주님 안에서 화이팅!
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