Some Food and Directions

Starbucks was giving away $2 for Grande cold drinks after 2pm if you return you’re your recipe. Just as I was going to take advantage of my cold drink special, I was approached by a homeless schizophrenic man who wanted to eat before entering the Franklin School Shelter on 12 street downtown DC by 5pm. Normally when the homeless ask for food instead of money I know that the need is greater and that I can chat with them while eating or ordering food. So I asked him what he wanted he said MacDonald’s, but the problem was that it was 4:30 and food is not allowed in the shelter from what he was telling me. After talking with him I gave him some money from a 20 I had to break at Cosi, he could have eaten at Cosi but instead wanted the money. So I told him that he didn’t need to swear to God that he was going to get something to eat for me. It would be easier to lie to anyone giving you money when you don’t have any family, friends in this country that you came to 20 year ago to only be living on the street. So I told him make sure you buy food with that money, but that decision is up to him and is out of my control. I probably want see him even though my office is directly across from the shelter since they will be closing it in October. What will happen to him and the other 259 other men when the mayor shut it down to create a luxury hotel for those who will be willing to pay 250 or more a night.

After I gave up the money and crossing a stop light, I ran into two single mothers trying to find direction to New York Ave, after thinking about it I gave them the wrong direction. I wanted to send them on the roundabout way to get to New York Ave but I thought they would have gotten lost and turned around, since they were already lost. If I went with the Spirit in that situation they would have been fine. Sometimes when we think we know the right way we must first take the time to verify that and line it with scripture to ensure that those directions or instruction is from God and not from my own heart, which in many ways leads people wrong.