thoughts on homeless man with great voice and mom's reunion...
by B.j. Peres on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8:39am
i'm not sharing these thoughts as judgment on this person, i just want to point something out to give Christians food for thought...
this morning on the new york t.v. stations they had a video of the homeless guy with the radio voice reuniting with his 90 year-old mother after 20 years. the first thing she said to him was," don't disappoint me"...if only she could have had the attitude that the father of the prodigal son had in luke 15. that parent never said anything negative to his son. he just wrapped his arms around him never questioning whether he was there to stay or anything like that. he threw a party. he celebrated his homecoming with great joy. later when interviewed, the 90 yr-old woman said that over the years she kept telling her son by phone to let God take over his life and he would hang up on her. she presented it in complete self-righteousness. righteousness like that sends people to the streets. they would rather be homeless than to have religion shoved down their throats. our job as Christians is to present the gospel, to pray, to be faithful to help someone along their journey when they want it, but to let God do the rest. it is better for us to walk the walk than to simply talk the talk.
i do think that it was the man's mother's prayers that brought about this amazing happening, however. God is awesome!
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