Side
1 Despondency
What happens when someone uses you to get boots, only to resell them for money? What happens when someone mocks you? What happens when someone verbally encourages others to use you for all your worth? What happens when you realize someone wants to be on the streets because it is the only life they know and there is nothing you can do about it? What happens when you realize family members, after years of trying, finally deserted someone because of an addiction and once again, there is nothing you can do about it because this person is unable to overcome the throes of addiction? What happens when many nights you are the only one from the church you attend who goes? What happens when the food you bring is scoffed at by those you are serving? What happens when someone fights their way for handouts and you realize they are not in need? What happens when someone who is in need is left standing with nothing?
What happens when someone uses you to get boots, only to resell them for money? What happens when someone mocks you? What happens when someone verbally encourages others to use you for all your worth? What happens when you realize someone wants to be on the streets because it is the only life they know and there is nothing you can do about it? What happens when you realize family members, after years of trying, finally deserted someone because of an addiction and once again, there is nothing you can do about it because this person is unable to overcome the throes of addiction? What happens when many nights you are the only one from the church you attend who goes? What happens when the food you bring is scoffed at by those you are serving? What happens when someone fights their way for handouts and you realize they are not in need? What happens when someone who is in need is left standing with nothing?
Side 2 Blessing
What happens when Miss Dorothy is glad to see you? What happens when someone who has nothing interrupts you to say they will pray for you instead of you them? What happens when someone is glad to see you? What happens when someone who has nothing, sincerely says thanks with tears in their eyes when given something? What happens when someone who has nothing suddenly breaks out quoting more scripture in 5 minutes than you have learned in a lifetime? What happens when someone you cared for dies? What happens when you notice a spark in someone’s eye and a curiosity about why we are there? What happens when denominations no longer matter and brothers and sisters serve next to each other? What happens when we do not see the color of each other’s skin? What happens when worship occurs in the darkest part of a city, and not in the comfort of a pew?
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