spent part of the day sitting in the hot sun with a friend of mine who is a homeless guy just outta jail. as we sit outside 24-7, people drive by & give him a dirty or suspicious look. he returns their disdain with a cold stare. i give him some water & comment that the shoes we gave him look good on his feet. he commences to talk to me about his time inside & outside. we talked like friends do. he gives me a window into life on charlotte streets & explained how he got his black eye. the whole time he’s talking i’m distracted by glimpses into his calling. it’s a thing of beauty even though his lifestyle is presently a thing of ugliness. his hair is matted & he wears his shirt unbuttoned, but he washed before he came to hang out with me. he, an atheist, came to ask for a word from God from me… and i’ve got one. our talk in the heat of the day was one of the highlights of my day. it fits my definition of mission & meaning & quality of life. that he shares his life with me, this, this i find fulfilling. it increases my own life in some way
September 24, 2008 at 8:34 pm (Uncategorized)
