Earlier this week I had a very humbling experience. One of my assignments for the morning was to pick up the pile of wood from what seemed to be a broken cupboard and other random stuff that needed to be thrown away and bring it to the dump. My teammate and I put the trash in a wheel barrow and started to wheel it to the dump. As we were walking, I saw this man who appeared to be homeless carrying a huge, heavy bag walking up the street. He walked passed us, but then he turned around when he saw that we were putting things in the dump. As we were emptying the wood from our wheel barrow into the dump, the man picked up the wood right after we dropped it and put it in his bag. I realized that his huge, heavy bag was filled with things that he could find from dumps.
I was putting trash into a dump, and a man was literally picking up the trash and putting it in his bag in front of me. The man wasn’t wearing any shoes either as he was taking things from the dump.. It was really disheartening for me to see, and I can’t imagine what a life like that would be like. The man didn’t appear to be disheartened though, and I smiled at him and said “Cristo le bendiga” which means “Christ bless you”, and I was able to give him just a lil money. I was reminded that God is full of compassion and that He created all people, and it helped me to try to have compassion toward that man. I pray that I would have more compassion and that God would bless his life and help him to get a job so that he wouldn‘t have to dumpster dive.
Matthew 25:37-40: “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
