We want to know the homeless in our city. We want to share life with them. They are beautiful beyond compare and have much to teach us about faith, life, and Jesus. We're not bringing Jesus to the homeless: He's already there. Our dream is to love them and be loved by them and build them to rise up and change this city and carry out the gospel. We are here to make disciples, not to give freebies.
We believe that relational outreach brings restoration and that people don't care what you know (about Jesus or anything else) until they know that you care. Relationships are hard. They take time. They take love. You get attached. People are not a good investment if you're trying to maximize results. But they are so worth it.
In Liberation of Life it says,
An old rabbi asked once why so few people were finding God. He replied that people are not willing to look that low. Jesus was born in a stable and God is especially concerned or the poorest, the lowliest, the lost and the neglected.
If we want to see Jesus more, we've go to get to know them. We've got to be known by them.
Its what it means to be in love with Jesus. Isaiah 58 says, Is it not this I require of you as a fast: to loose the fetters of injustice, to untie the knots of the yoke, to snap every yoke? and set free those who have been crushed? Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, taking the homeless into your house, clothing the naked when you meet them?
We know that true community is a huge vision. But we are following a huge God. We know that we can do nothing, that we know nothing, that we are nothing on our own. But Christ dwells in us and among us. He's dwelling in you too. Join us in this adventure, in this pressing on toward the goal for the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:14).
Jesus, in our life and in our love, be lifted high. Less of us, more of you.
-Krystal
L4L Connect
-Krystal
L4L Connect
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