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I wrote this seven years ago:
Everybody is somebody.
Yesterday, I was visited by four homeless men at our church.
Two just came to hang out. They are my friends. They updated me on their lives. One had a cup of coffee, told me I looked tired, and advised me to go home and get some rest.
That was Rodney – a really good guy, but a clear SSI candidate who has somehow become severed from his check by a glitch in the system.
Rodney hung out and advised several people who came by with his insights into life. Mostly, he was right.
He did ask one favor. He borrowed my phone to try and call his elderly mother.
Another friend just asked for some water and we talked. While we were talking, two guys about to be on the street came by and we tried to coach and advise them. This guy has a short frustration fuse, but a really good mind and a desire to work.
He does work. Survival is very, very hard work.
This was yesterday. These were just people … valuable people … God's people …. our people.
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