Heavy Heart

Lately the homeless and poor of Abilene have been on my mind. I started volunteering at Love and Care ministries (an organization that helps the homeless and poor in Abilene) on Mondays. I have now gone two weeks. Both weeks I have helped stalk food on the shelves in the pantry. The food that was there last week is gone and the shelves are restocked. It is crazy for me to see how much food they go through in a week. It breaks my heart to see everything that is going on kind of behind the scenes on the streets of Abilene. Then last week an article came out that there are something like 634 students going to school in Abilene who are considered homeless. This to me is so sad and again it breaks my heart. Why are we not doing anything about this problem? Why aren't we becoming more aware and trying to solve the problem of homelessness? I really want to someday work with the homeless and poor of Abilene. I want to meet the families that are living on the streets. I want to know their stories. God is really laying this on my heart lately and the more and more I am drawn to this topic the more it shows up. Like just a few days ago I heard about two girls who I know are living in a house with no furniture because their dad lost his job and they had to sell everything so they have a roof over their head. That breaks my heart.

So on Tuesday I drove a route for work and I started thinking about all of this and the thought came to me if my heart is aching this much for just a few of Gods people how much more is his heart aching for all the people in the world. I only know of a few stories but he knows all of our stories. I can't even imagine what that would feel like. My heart is heavy for the people I know about and the ones I am working with and pray that God continues to show me his people and allow me to be a light in their life or for them to be a light in mine. But I can't even fathom knowing every single persons story in the whole wide world. That blows my mind.