Seattle's Morning Commute Today
We are driving to work with the rain pounding on the car. Maybe we are complaining about the commute; however, we are being protected by the elements.
I give gratitude for my friend, Jolynn and the reminder she posted on her Facebook page this morning:
"The weather is awful today and as I work (from our branch office) I can hear multiple people outside the window who are picking up their "homes" from last night's stay on the sidewalk. The sidewalk, my friends. The current conversation is about an umbrella. Reliance on an umbrella to protect them from this horrible weather. An umbrella, my friends. It hits me at my core that we live in a country full of wealth and resources yet we have human beings living on sidewalks only relying an a tiny umbrella to protect them."
I buy umbrellas and the blue plastic tarps throughout the year at discount and thrift stores and hand them out in my neighborhood during the rainy season. It's time to get them out of my storage unit and pass them out in my neighborhood.
I am not a proponent of giving money to those living on the streets. I encourage you to give to an organization that walks the talk in my neighborhood through their Street Ministry and other programs. It is Nightwatch.
I would like to thank the Rev. Rick Reynolds and for their work with Seattle Nightwatch. I encourage you to go to their website and read their mission and history and learn about their respective programs:http://www.seattlenightwatch.org/index.htm
If you do not have the means to financially help or to volunteer, offer a prayer for those in need.
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