Peace and Pekoe
This is the nephew of a woman I know. This young couple and their three children are homeless, camping out with family, looking for work. Now their van has been totaled, leaving them without the means to better their situation. They are asking for just enough money to replace their vehicle.
Their story touched me especially because they just sound like regular, struggling, flawed people, now living in that awful hole where every move to get out just seems to be countered by some new blow.
Sometimes we’re tempted to make distinctions between the ‘deserving poor’ and, you know, all those other shmucks who deserve what they are getting. But honestly, we all deserve less than we receive. That’s the nature of sin, and the nature of mercy: we don’t get what we deserve. We get Christ.
So, here’s a chance to be Christs’ hands.
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