I Think I Know Why I’m Here Now.
Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: good, LA | Tags: causes, charity, good, homeless, LA, los angeles | 1 Comment »How are you feeling today? Pretty good? Happy it’s Friday? Amped for the holiday season? Me too. I have a challenge for you – watch these videos – any of them, all of them – and tell me how you feel afterward.
So, what do you think? Still jonesing for that $500 handbag? Still thinking about which 5 star restaurant you’re going to dinner at this weekend? Dreaming about your next vacation or complaining about your job, when 10% of Americans are unemployed? I’ll tell you how I feel: I am humbled. I am in awe. I am shocked. I am ashamed. And I’m inspired. And I think I just discovered the purpose for me living in this city I loathe so much.
Thanks to Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal) for his incredible work with the homeless community in LA and around the country, I found these videos on his site, InvisiblePeople.tv. His story is quite an inspiring one, if you have a minute, read this. Or just watch this:
My Story from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo.
All I can say is … I actually wish I was there. It’s big and overwhelming, but it stirs up something profound in me. Nashville has its homeless but it is smaller and we’ve been told when we work down there to feed them that there are more churches/organized efforts than there are homeless, which then leads to them being so well taken care of that they don’t want to change their circumstance. I cry out to God for a way to rehabilitate, not just feed. I am moved more than ever by this series. Go Franklin, shooting people with a camera and not a gun. Go Pastor Jeff, Officer Smith, Choco, & all the others who are “practically applying their spirituality.” Show me God, what I can do…