"He probably chooses this life!"
"Sometimes you just can’t help people!"
"Why does he have to lay on the church wall... and on Easter Sunday!
Jeeesh!"
My husband, Ric, posted this photo and those comments on
Facebook. Now I would never post
something like that... not because I’m too good of a person to post it, but
because I wouldn’t have the COURAGE to risk being misunderstood to make a
point! My husband does.
Ric got slammed by a few people on Facebook. But not be people who know him...
they got his point.
We actually did see this man lying on the wall in the Sacred
Heart garden on Easter Sunday. We were awestruck! So many levels of enlightenment can be found in this scene.
I like what Jim Lange said:
“The Universe loves irony.”
Ric eventually posted a comment on his photo: “My intention is just to inspire us to
think, think, think. This is going on
every day. One of the ways we have (in
Charleston, WV) as taxpayers, dealt with the situation in recent years, is to
have spikes added to the tops of walls so that vagrant loiterers are
discouraged from tainting the ambiance of downtown...”
Most of us have uttered the words in the caption of this
photo, in one situation or another.
Many of us have seen the dirty, smelly, disheveled person walk through
our church doors... delighted he or she wanted to be there, yet secretly hoping
they wouldn’t take a seat next to us.
Those are thoughts we wish we were above thinking... but we thought them
anyway.
We are meant to love, without understanding why and without
judgment... AND we are not meant to have such pristine lives that we can easily
and quickly look down on others.
Ric and I walked through the garden enjoying its beauty and
then returned back to our home. This
homeLESS man found a safe refuge and a place to lay his head for a while. At a place designed to bring comfort, peace
and serenity... for everyone needing a little rest.
