“She’s somebody’s baby
Somebody’s baby girl
She’s somebody’s baby
Somebody’s baby girl
She’s somebody’s baby still” (Jon Foreman)

I have several friends who are involved with local homeless ministries like The Bridge Ministry, Nashville Rescue Mission, Room in the Inn, and Set Free Church, to name a few. I have been increasingly involved with homeless ministry.

Something that I realized today might help you if you’re involved with homeless. It’s easy to see homelessness as a statistic or a problem rather than to see people.

Each homeless person is

Someone’s son

Someone’s daughter

Someone’s brother

Someone’s sister

Someone’s father

Someone’s mother

Every time you see a homeless person, remember that they are just like you except for one or two bad decisions or one or two financial setbacks. Each homeless person was once somebody’s baby.

Jesus said, What you do to the least of these, you do to Me. That means when you go downtown and serve in a soup kitchen, you are feeding Jesus. When you extend a smile and a greeting, you are making Jesus feel at home.

I truly believe that God has a special place in His heart for the orphan and the widow, which in today’s world would mean the outcast, the defenceless, the homeless, the down-and-out.

I love the idea that while we can’t change the world, we each can change the world for one person. We can love one person with the love of Jesus.

When you think about it, as believers, we are homeless. This world is not our home and we are called strangers and pilgrims with no inheritance but God. Of all people, we should be the ones who have a heart for homeless people.

God, break my heart for what breaks Yours. Let me be Your hands and feet and go to those who have never known love and be the one to show them what Jesus’ love looks like. Let me be Jesus to someone today.

Amen.