How did you treat the King today?

⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

⁴⁴ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

⁴⁵ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

– Matthew 25:42-45

Tonight, I feel sick. Literally sick to my stomach because I have so much and so many people have so little. I can’t stop thinking about the homeless guy who wouldn’t even look me in the eye as he held his cardboard sign tonight.  Or the one who is at the intersection near my apartment every weekday morning.  Shouldn’t I be the one ashamed? Shouldn’t everyone who has been so blessed and chooses not to be a blessing be ashamed? Sure, he could take the money and use it for drugs/alcohol or be a con artist. Or he could use it to feed his 2 year old son & buy a new shirt for his daughter who’s getting teased at school because she’s worn the same outfit for 4 straight days.  Does it really matter? That $10 would probably be spent on a fancy latte w/out a second thought.  I’m only accountable for my actions, not his. So, where’s the moral dilemma? Why do we lament over the poor & needy, but not do anything to help them? Talk is cheap & actions speak louder than words.  Jesus met needs. Let’s not just talk about the love of Jesus, let’s show it.