Revolution Of Humanity That Is to say Us ALL

The Next Great Revolution AS I See It, Will be one of necessity for all one where people are forced By a Failing economy, and a realization that we are born too care for each other or perish. I See this not out of some great desire too be taken care of but too see those who are not taken care of the elderly the helpless children the infirmed disabled and the Mentally unstable which some might think Me too Be But I have set Myself In a Different Framework And refuse too be removed which greatly contributes too that belief held by so many.
Because, I see A world we could live in one where men are not judged by what they have or have accomplished but rather are judged by what Impact there lives have made on others, in how they with their infinite ability have helped others. Did they do the right thing many would say I never Did also and I can not say decisions in my past have always been well made Or well Planned out. So the Impact I have made on others lives has oft sucked Having said that I will make My point of Faith, God has Lead Me too where I am An the Limited Knowledge I have today.
So, As I see It with Us all as Americans Have long suffered in silence The inability of our leaders too see the Big picture where there Might be a future of sustainability in the lives of us as a whole. Not Just as Americans But as Humans on this planet as it is with the rest of the world and their leaders, because I do not care If you are American, South American, Central American, African, Asian, European, Christian Muslim Buddhist, existentialist, Aboriginal to any continent or descendants, of those outcast from some continent, you have in a great percentage of your people or ours experienced oppression, tyranny and the forever looming threat of war, in your lives. and people are tired all over the world chasing the money is not working and there are far greater riches, That in the chase we still struggle for daily. we have run a great race but we have pushed ourselves as a whole to the point of collapse and the race is lost to all .
I living as I have on the fringe of society have the blessing of nothing but the Love I get from others and that I am able to share, and with that the freedom of knowing, it is plenty, And one day people really will realize they need to quit working towards Goals independent of others, and demand better for those less fortunate, by restructuring there priorities, and living lives where giving is far more grand than receiving.
Then and only then will men have peace until then we must, fight tooth and nail those who hold hostage freedom and bind prosperity too the few rather than the all of mankind. But too fight them you must start Following your heart and not the Hearts darkened by greed  We are going too have one or the other soon enough a one world Governance, or a one world Humanity it is for us to chose by How we live our lives and what we deem as important is it you and your stuff, or you and your fellow man if it indeed is you and your stuff, in a perfect world you will be the outcast and the one on the fringe, not I. 
And On a Personal note to Those Inmates Running this asylum, You have been warned revolution is coming, WE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THIS THE THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN THOSE MORE HUMAN THAN THOSE OF YOU!!! are soon going to stop chasing this illusive dream you present say Screw you and just start Loving each other.  

I am Homeless and That’s It, Or is It?

I will never Be able too live Out the stereotypes people have of Me and I think it a tragedy to have to let so many people down, However I can not for the sake of others become a drunk or a drug addict to fit into some ill conceived notion of what others believe a homeless person should be. I am simply Me In the opinion of others I am Homeless In my mind I will say it again I am Just a man devoid of a house and an alien to this world I have A great kingdom and am an heir to a great mansion and My Lord is even Now preparing it for Me, If it were Not so He would have told Me. Ok I believe. and I wait because He comes for Me!
This Is The Very Foundation Of the Who I am I am also well aware There are many people who think Me crazy Because Of my belief that all that matters is Did I trust God Today. and Did I recognize The blessings He put before Me. As you see I know the truth Of people I know that Men Live lives as I did devoid of God and truly not seeing His blessings in every thing Men only see Blessings That they perceive as Gods blessings they honestly believe God Blesses them with a bigger Car or a Better House Or an abundance of wealth and the truth is God cares Not for anything you have, He has No need of It, what God Has need Of And cares For is Man Alone, God Is Love and There in Love can He be found. That being said, What else matters, I don’t care if you at the end of the day, go to the mansion or under the bridge God provided you for your shelter, If you have not peace with it or Love for others, and Hope for them to have the same comfort God Gave You, You have nothing.
But Men seek praise for their efforts and My praise Belongs to One who made a greater sacrifice than any other for Me. And On this earth I can Only value That which He has Given me, with The things He has Promised I am Full,  I have Food And I have been clothed This Is sufficient for Me.
If This somehow makes me less Of a Human Being In some eye’s I can Only say, Tell My Lord Ye’shua,  Because It Is Him Alone I live for and I will Both Love and Pray for those That have set themselves against me. I am What God created and I will Not Be recreated as others see fit no matter How hard they try to make me what they think I should Be. If I can be content with Just Food and Clothes and a bit of shelter from the elements, My only Question is Why cant others be content for Me.
Here Is the why Men want to be God and Would that I replace The real giver Of peace That surpasses all understanding for one of The world. because Most have sought the Peace I have everywhere But where it Might be found. My peace Lies Not in the things of this world They come and go. The things from God are not material and do not come and Go  They Stay with You. And No other Might provide, Or take from You What He Gives.
And He Gave You this Day Shabbat Shalom, Feel Free To Rest In Him. Ye’shua.

Why Because I trust God And Not Men!

Man’s Belief that Man can fix this all Is The basis for Us to do nothing as a whole but wait for Someone to come forth with all the answers, and Come forth with the answers He will He being the ruler of this world! Satan The ruler of this world will present Himself as an angel of light, I am Told and I am to understand that as A man Of God If I have Not the Blessings of the world I am living a life devoid of God. That God would have men to live lives in the model of the world that We might Be seen as the blessed of God, Man Can in no way serve God And Mammon (riches) While yes a Poor man and yes while I have been a man to beg for bread I will tell you it is not contrary to God Only contrary to men who Claim to Hold the truth of God.  Yes I Judge often the actions of others and Of the Teachings of Men, As men often wish to pick out a scripture for their own purpose as A validation for their lives lived in the truths most convenient for the continuation of living in the world and Not in the Spirit.
Lets Take the One verse all Men would Like to present me with the
Book of Psalms 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Men would say to me because of this scripture that  I walk Not in the victory of God The Father. Not so It is an out of its text teaching and It has nothing to do with A man devoid of worldly Goods. Read the whole of the text you Deserve that and it reveals something much more than believing God Is Going to keep you blessed in the things of this world. When In fact it is a lesson in Knowing that in the times of trouble God is with Us all. Go back in psalms 37 and you will see God speaks of things That in your time of Lack you lack not because you can see the things that matter are from God.
Psa 37:16  A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psa 37:17  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psa 37:18  The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Psa 37:19  They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psa 37:20  But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psa 37:21  The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psa 37:22  For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Psa 37:23  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Psa 37:24  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Psa 37:25  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psa 37:26  He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Psa 37:27  Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psa 37:28  For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psa 37:29  The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psa 37:30  The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psa 37:31  The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Psa 37:32  The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psa 37:33  The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psa 37:34  Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Psa 37:35  I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psa 37:36  Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psa 37:37  Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Psa 37:38  But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psa 37:39  But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psa 37:40  And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. 
So While I may be found Oft at times begging for bread I am Assured that in my time of trial I shall be Found trusting in Him for He is My strength in My time of trouble. He will deliver Me as He has Promised. In the End I have Peace.

You heard It Here I hope!

People ask Me, All The Time And I am Sure It Because I Have a Certain degree of outspokenness on the subject, And If I might Add Mostly In a condescending Tone. Ok Then Joseph what do you think the answer is to cure Homelessness?
And I answer this question over and over And am told repetition has value, by someone who’s Judgment I have come too value, so I will Go with that And trust It does Because again I say First and foremost It is going to take bringing accountability to the system we have In place and openly declare we will not accept anymore framed solutions which take into account only the views of the administrators of funds and not what will best Help those who are experiencing it. The Homeless Themselves must be part of the equation when deciding how best too better their lives which can only truly be done if they are a part of the decision process rather than being given illusion of option as the end result of what someone else perceives as their need. If your using Census data and numbers as to the general population saying we are allocating $68,000 per 1.5 million homeless people and are giving it in the form of Developmental block grants and other community development grants it is not homeless spending it is program administration funding and It is a deceptive and administratively profitable for everyone but those who it is being allocated for. The funds before the ink on the check has dried is already being misallocated in no-bid construction projects and over funded selective demographic geared programs rather than a individual client need basis.
Example lets take a community with 1000’s of homeless build a 115 unit housing project at the cost of  $300,000 per unit cost and then find the 115 most vulnerable and we are problem solvers we might even get a community helping hands award or be named metropolitan man/ woman of the year!  WTF  haven't we had enough of this crap. To see the same people do this year after Year and Pat each on the back, Makes Me both outspoken and Nauseated.  If we ever decide to make the homeless more proactive in the planning of their lives Remember You heard it here if not first but over and over. 

Is it Just Me?

The whole of the world cries out for Justice, Or does it this week by example we have Casey Anthony, while yes her act if guilty is deplorable, and I in know way excuse her for what all seem to think she did. To take the life of a child is irreprehensible But I ask all this.  Why do so many cry out she deserves a punishment worse than death? Is there something that makes her crime greater than that of The halls of power?
What would make us call for her to be crucified Yet we stop and allow Men in power to commit greater atrocities in the name of democracy or in the name of God why are we selective in our justice and why do we find it easier to bring condemnation upon Her than those who control the flight paths and destinations of The B1 bomber. to quote half of the people on the internet WTF! Is she reserved a place in Hell greater than that of the bankers who drive men too suicide or crime or the elected officials who line there pockets with the monies extorted from their citizens In broken promises that only serve their ends. What makes her the object of our cry for justice ?  I will tell you what it is it is Our inability to stand and do what is right we pick a popular cause we stand on a united front so as not to make waves and to rock the little boat of our daily lives. we Go along to get along. We have a screwed up view of what is just and what is unjust. How can we not see the world for what it is, Hid from us that we might stay blind to justice Or the total Lack thereof !
The truth of Injustice is is They hypnotize and Vegetate The populace at large with stories about Killer Moms, so her becoming the object of directed anger because yes the problem with society is People Like her and Not The Men who hold us Hostage with Money and Guns, food and fear of one another, think about this though had we not long ago turned a blind eye to the truth and stood together against oppression and poverty against all injustices committed in your names we may have prevented having to stand together for a Killer Moms Child. it is alone us and Our apathy that makes it possible for a woman's child to disappear for A day a week let alone a month. without Questioning it at all But is that Not the Hopes Of the Harbingers of Injustice for Us to continue to be apathetic and Unquestioning about everything.
I am not going to say if we don’t question something's we are doomed Hell if we don’t start Questioning every move they make we are Screwed.  

The Unworthy Forgotten and left behind.

The 4th of July, now past a time of family and celebration at least for most. I in no way wanted to before the day post my feelings about it or cast any shadow upon the plans laid out before others. As I have a different life and belief than others I felt it was for me to remain silent and allow the day to take its course as it has throughout the history of our great nation. I have A unique perspective on this and any other holiday because Of the Homeless life I live. It is a simple thing for me to abstain from the celebrations and feast which we see as a part of our culture as Americans. Independence day for me however holds a different meaning I see it from perspective not available to most, I see it from the eyes of men who where left behind. we pride ourselves on having a military that leaves no man behind It is often given in the light of some heroic act or some act of war in which men where saved from the indignity of battle by their comrades in arms, bringing them safely home.
Once men are  returned to their homeland However they are deemed as having been brought safely home, I however see the reality of America, because I get to spend a holiday that brings a country together with talk of her greatness and Her liberty and independence afforded all of her citizens. with the Men and women that She has cast off and by every definition left behind. I gained my independence by my own ability to see the reality of what we have become. a culture of apathy and grave indifference to our fellow man. A place where it is said of men that they should just pull themselves up by there bootstraps and go on,  there are men like LT. A man I met while he was digging in a dumpster for cans, Or Buddha The 320lb brother Who is always happy, and never unwilling to give a chuckle to others with some cornball joke you’ve heard since Jr high school, Or Top  who says that’s where he’s headed back too. Or 2loco’s called such because if given more than that you would be forced to give Him a dirt nap. because of His invincible self, Then there’s tiny who is about a six pack away from Buddha in weight class, Then there was dirty Harry not so called because Of his Eastwood like appearance. But The 4th, for all of us was a day we wont soon forget, as To our efforts they where nothing but we were bound by our lack to come together , and Have a Day of it. it started slow as I began to solicit food for our little menagerie than As I talked my way into a mass of Chicken Grilled, fried, BBQ’D wings, and corn on the cob, slaw a feast for kings. truly awesome. I honestly put little effort into the food and as many know I am well aware the who that made for us provision that being God and God alone. It had nothing to do with me Begging for food It was The Lord that went before me and prepared a way for me.
2locos as obnoxious as He may be supplied the Festivities of Booze and was able to come up with a case of Dog bite (never drank it, tramps swear by it!) and a wide variety of Weed, many would say see I told you a bunch of drunks and drug addicts, But we were simply men trying for a brief moment in time to be just a bunch of  regular Joe’s. We shared stories of times past and Better lives once lived and Loves Held dear and those Lost. What we found was we are just men and we never left each other behind. What we had was a respect each man for another.
The greatest Part of My day However was In the Morning before starting my endeavors I was for the first Time called Dad By my Son, a great day no matter what Happened. There was a Part of my day that I kept from others I was and am disheartened by others that feel they are above all of these people. My day was a blessing period and It was spent with Men who are by others deemed as Hopeless,or unworthy, But Men none the less. I asked for no donations to help pull this off I solicited no funds from you my friends and my readers Hell I didn’t even know this day was going to come together until the morning of and did only because Of someone else's desire to be as he said A regular person.
I was going to spend it feeling sorry for myself and others like me because I am one of the men who as others have said are a dead end a waste of your efforts. However we pulled it off and the men Might still be drunks today because I set no bonds on them I didn’t tell them you aren’t trying to help yourself enough you aren’t worthy of what today holds for us, everyone was accepted in our little circle of dregs. We were for the day Like any of you, we loved, we laughed, we sang, we celebrated friends who couldn’t be with us for one reason or another.
We held no great illusion of ourselves we Know just who the hell we are and if for you we are not productive enough for society, or if we are not trying enough to model our lives after yours. For that we don’t apologize. Only  2loco’s was not a US Veteran, but as a young Man the Rest of Us decided He can be Vouched for as real and as a brother in arms and a friend, after all He ruled the day as I just with the Help of God Provided food He provided The booze and bowls. So The Vet’s He dined With this Holiday will always be there for Him. Did The Day become Us Did it define Us as to who we are? I think Not Others would argue it did, some would say their Just a bunch of drunks who aren't trying to fit in. What I do know Is this While I am Not special In anyway the Men I spent the Day with this ragtag band of brothers are In each and every case in their Own way special to someone If only Me and Ye’shua.

If It Quacks!

In a Perfect World I wouldn’t be writing this, My Hope For Humanity isn’t only in the Hope of solving the Homeless Problem. In This Country It Goes So far beyond That I am Homeless and It is At the forefront of what I face In my own personal Struggle. And In truth I must admit the Homeless problem has Received Entirely to much attention from myself because anything I might say, Is Not going to Set aright the problems with the manner in which we have become accustomed to dealing with the problem and the very core of what we as part of the Human race are truly dealing with.
And That being by Our very own inability to call something that Quacks A Duck!
Homeless simply puts a face to the problem for those of us dealing with it, and In that I find great frustration because we have if we could get a count that is not in someway tied to funding somewhere in the range of  1-2 million people. excluding the pacific northwest where I know as Fact some of these people living in the woods out here homeless are never going to be counted. If we alone said enough is enough great change would happen. Imagine 1-2million homeless people moving to Washington in our tents and cars and sleeping bags and saying we aren’t leaving until,  lol never going to happen. because as a common people we too are divided by struggle each mans being His own.
It Is Bigger than Us, We in this country alone are faced with surmountable problems the least of being Homelessness, We have Child sexual slavery in America, We have a loss of the sense of community. We have A senate finance committee, That it has seen it as more important to spend research money on Making a better Bomb, More important than Increasing the the Agricultural yields per acre of land. And technology has advanced to the point of how to deliver the Bomb than has been spent on how to Make o fuel efficient plow. We spend More money Destroying and rebuilding other cultures than we spend on medical research, and  community sustainability combined. and yes we all do it because of our allowance, of others to do so, and our acceptance of it as our only option.
While stating I do not wish to drop out of society I just want to drop into one that is awake and not afraid to stand together. Because Something Quacks here and I am pretty sure it’s a duck!    

To All you homeless Traitors There I said It!!!

Homeless, By Housing and urban development and by all agencies dealing with The homeless Problem in this county is something that I have such a hard time dealing with, It has been stated that chronic homeless men and woman are the biggest benefactor of homeless aid in This country. I am writing this post Knowing that in the homeless Online community I am Not going to make friends with this post but It is going to be said. That is bull shit the biggest benefactors of Homeless help are Mission stiffs, people who go to missions to become a part of their programs and fell they must do what they call jumping through hoops to meet the requirements of staying in these programs and the Most money spent on the homeless, Is being spent in these programs. People come online and claim being homeless, or formerly homeless and presume to speak for all the Homeless saying we are giving a new face or we are giving a voice to the homeless.
If you are in a shelter If you are in a program if you are working with an agency getting federal funding to house you and others like you You are making it possible for the continued Profiting from men and women Like you and you are simply by saying these people are doing great work Screwing the rest of us and you have failed to realize you are only a very small percent of the homeless population who benefit from these programs I simply hope for your sakes you are found to be so blessed as to be part of that less than 19% that find success in these shelters and these Profit centers who have by there very intake process Eliminated those of us who might have there own opinion and not bend to the will of men who Go home at the end of the day to  the comfort of their 6 figure incomes, But I do Not wish for those people who are making it possible for these profiteers to continue any hardship I do understand feeling as if you had nowhere else to turn, But you need to know that by continuing to accept their beds and by jumping through all the hoops you leave behind you a great Number of men and women who fell short of meeting the requirements for Help maybe they where to Outspoken or unwilling to give up There Human right to housing For a Bed Or a piece of bread. But I guess it’s what you had to do right.
and I will tell you the truth if you are in a shelter every night And you have not had to struggle because you have a balanced meal served to you by staff and volunteers every night Your ass aren't homeless and you don’t know the first fucking thing about being homeless, But go on and sell your asses out but stop saying your homeless and stop saying that shelter you are at is a God send Because It is Just that you are being blinded by those Presenting themselves as angels of light. and these shelters you stay in are the reason why men and women die on these streets. The people living on the streets the ones that are dying from exposure and beatings There blood will be required at your hand because In your haste for comfort you left them behind when you jumped through that first Hoop. and you are not the voice of the homeless you are the voice of the help orgs. You find encouragement from them because you are their voice not because they give you yours. So don’t try to be a voice of suffrage because as I have both lived in and been on the payroll of shelters in this country I can tell you, You are Sheltered and You have it made. so Enjoy your bed Because Others Who came before you and will come after you will pay for it.
And For everyone else No I am Not moving back inside until we recognize Housing as a basic Human Right I will stay out here till I die Or I am Forced inside,because I will not Throw others under the bus for a house Because in so doing it will never be a home.

United States Policy On We The People.

"A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial. That is when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.”
                                                                                         George Orwell.
Fortunately For Me Freedom Of speech Is Not truly yet Dead. I often Do Not lend myself to the world of politics outside of the homeless arena, I try to obtained from all appearance of Evil. As A Christian I am above Politics Now that may offend many Christians immersed in politics I however Must say I am Glad They are Offended. I do not understand How Men claiming to stand Behind God the Father Can stand Behind any Government that Cant feed or House its own people or tend them when they are sick, or when they struggle comfort them and can find the funds to Fly Half way around the globe to annihilate a people they perceive as a threat. A Christian Who Lives In fear Of others and spouting fear of other religions somehow have missed the victory you will be Hated By the world, Saints. Today we are deemed by all as people believing for the most part Us to be a Christian Nation. As A Christian I am ashamed that the United States is the best example of Christianity we have. Where more Money is spent on The defense of Gods people than on the care and the sustainment of or the enrichment of in the form of education or health care and sustainability of their way of life and all efforts Made by These leaders lend toward sustained consumerism and a sustainable bondage to the system of dependence and reliability on powers outside our local Communities. So without thinking to far ahead In politics we as the Most powerful people On the face of the planet A people with The ability to heal to work miracles In the Name Of father with all Of His creation at Our beaconing call we fail in that We Live Outside of The Family Of God we Greet Not Our sisters and brothers with a heavenly kiss because Hell lets face it we don’t even know who they are. We Can never be a Christian nation if we Cant Be a Christian Church We talk  a lot about we are but what we are is divided all of us claiming as he said we would here is Christ Or Here Is Christ and I believe you not. The Churches are Not a representation Of Christ In any way they are all working independent of one another and cant agree if Baptist Methodist Adventist or Lutheran are His true Children let alone if the Buddhist Or the Muslim Down the Street Has a Place in the Kingdom. My Question I guess To the Church And Christian Nation would be How Long will you  Allow the Perversion of your faith to Continue? Can we really spread Love with B1 Bombers and Poseidon or patriot Missiles? Can we best Spread Peace Through Violence? Will We win with bullets that average cost is more than that of a decent meal? will Our Love shine Through At the next splitting of an atom? Will we Become the World, Before The world Becomes Us?
And The United States Policy On we the People Is to Let Us Keep Our Heads In the Sand, And Live Our Lives Of Fear In the Best Possible Illusion Of freedom That Can Be created.
  

Sometimes the Simplest Things

Having coffee the other morning sitting outside and I had chance to meet a young woman who engaged me in conversation as many would say was just by chance Or happenstance, But as a man living in Gods mercy and grace I myself know that not to be true as I believe people when they make themselves available to the spirit are often found together right where God wants them too be at any given moment and there we were found she came to the carwash to vacuum here car out and when done with a simple smile and a good morning we began our conversation. Often times I talk about how the simplest things like a hello can mean all the difference to a man Like me.
We continued on in our conversation and I was able to relate to her as someone who while having a different life we walk in accord with one another she first simply spoke to me a good morning and how are you in which I replied I am well and I am Blessed. her reply to me me was simple and to the point. Are you a Christian? I said yes I am, to which she replied I thought so! and this was a beginning to a wonderful conversation. we spoke of The world the church and Our love of God and how so many more people need to walk in this spirit I spoke of how friends of mine had perished on the streets we spoke of how people are so wrapped up in their lives They often never have time for or the desire to converse with someone like myself and we laughed and together we cried me and this stranger that took the time to speak to me.
I know in the end it was a woman sent by my God and My savior for many reasons the biggest being she in know way judged me and she talked with me until her child was restless and ready to drive away without her As he was very small, we said Our good byes and we parted she went and got me lunch and brought it to me latter while I was sitting on the corner, and she gave me the gift of being able to bless others unwittingly as she gave me a subway gift card and it had twenty dollars on it now I have not seen her since and Her blessings on me did not stop there I have since our meeting and her gift to me been able to daily to share with others Gods blessings in my life because a simple footlong sandwich from subway will feed more than myself and I have been able to each day find some fellow wanderer that is willing to break bread and share her blessing too me with me, I am able to witness to them the mercy and grace and Joy given me by people like Her That God places in my life. Her Gift and her blessing to me was farther reaching than I am sure she and I was at the time unable too realize, But that is what I am writing about because while Her and I never gave it thought at the time, God did and He had us both Right where We were for that very reason.Her and I that morning came to agree that he was in the midst of our simple coming togeather.
Why Because He is.

We Go with what works people.

In the Last few Days there has been numerous articals and discussions on the issue of Homelessness and mental illness, and drug addiction. first and foremost let me say that not all homeless people fall into this category we do not all have mental disabilities nor are we all addicted and these are simply a small # of homeless people, however A large majority of homeless people have at some point battled with these problems both mental illness and addiction. I remember before I quit drinking 14yrs ago that in order to get through the drudgery of being homeless and alone I would often do what ever it took to get me to sleep or just make it through till the next day I have for years had a sleep  disorder stemming from the inability to get a good nights sleep for so long due to laws against it. but I live a life where homeless people are almost the only people I know, and in that I see there ongoing battles they face daily.
I am also very aware that a vast majority of homeless people are at present for one reason or another receiving a social security check for their conditions weather they be one of physical mental or drug disabilities. and yes I would go as far as to say drug addiction is in its purist form a mental illness. I watch as every month a person who has no chance of beating this problem alone are given money in the form of social security and food stamps and are set free to their own devises and in the first week of the month they have spent the monthly check they receive on drugs alcohol and cheep motel rooms there are many reasons for this the biggest being they are in an abuse cycle that has never been addressed. we simply have said Ok here is a check for your addiction or illness and we believe this somehow justifies our neglect of the true problem at hand.
But ask yourselves something is it of any help at all to a addict or a Mentally ill person to think that if we just give them money it will go away when they are still in a cycle of abuse or have withdrawn from society because of their condition?
We are in a sense simply trying to put a fire out with a can of Gas!
The problem with all of it is we are screwed up from the floor up we have so many misconceptions of what we are dealing with we talk about providing affordable housing as if that will solve the problem but we continue to see affordable housing in terms of subsidized housing and this is wrong affordable housing is just that it is housing that independent of any outside source a person of low or fixed income might afford and not have to be subsidizes to reach affordability, we have also a belief that everyone should be in this category or that one, which does not allow for the individual needs of people. We have set up a system of social help programs which by their very nature keep people in the bonds of abject poverty. If you are addicted Or mentally ill we place you into a section 8 housing project where as an addict you will find yourselves in the seediest most drug infested neighborhoods, and if Mentally ill you are in these same section 8 housing developments facing isolation and fear and no outlet for self discovery outside of those with whom you have been surrounded by. with no continuum of care.
In short we think that if we continue to throw money at the problem it will just go away, and it has for years evaded the very best minds, why because these minds while being the best have a one sided view and they are the ones with the ability to throw the money in what direction they choose. We are faced with a problem bigger than most people are willing to admit, It is one of out of site out of mind if we hide the impoverished and seclude them to a certain part of society then as long as there are none in our neighborhood they do not exist If we give the homeless and addicted and downtrodden a check or a house they will simply go away. what about Jobs What about the ability to pursue happiness what about the right of the individual what about our ability to better our lives, what about this society that not just on this continent but around the globe that views the degradation of others as simply the cost of doing business. how screwed up are we that we think that it is Ok to give a drug addict a check for His addiction rather than treatment for his addiction what is it that makes us give a mentally ill person a check instead of a doctor? It truly is the hope of those administrators that with enough money they will just go away. and it in a sense is working. because Little known facts like every month between The 1st and the 10th we lose 1000’s of people on social programs to the infirmities that got them there in the first place, drugs, alcohol, depression, anxiety and mental illness. yes 1000’s in this country seems insignificant But it is doing what as a people with all of our talk and all of our plans can not do it is taking care of the homeless problem a few at a time. Yes Giving a check to a drug addict has gotten more people permanently off the streets than the Department of housing and urban development ever dreamed of.

What Are We (Homeless)?

People in general When having the conversation want to express in terms something that will define the Homeless person. The Term Homeless, most are comfortable with I however don’t think it is as easy as a word to define a person, However we the ones living this have no choice as in many things we are simply told this is what defines you. I don’t care if you use any term it does not in any way define who I am. The titles and words you place on me simple define my living condition and in no way shed light on the who I am. The fact is in calling me anything but a Fellow man you somehow set me apart and keep me separated from others simplifying peoples own need to maintain the wall of separation that keeps us from coming together in unity. After all Who really want to be equal to a homeless man Right!
In calling me Homeless You make available the opportunity for the rest of society to view me as someone different a man of values not like others and of a life devoid of any human element. I am by terms set apart from the society, thereby justifying any action that is taken to fix my problem.  And Never does anyone think to ask me or others who they really are, and if We might have dreams or ambitions of our own It is just assumed that we are a homeless person and we need a House.
So I would like to just give a little bit of clarity to the situation, when dealing with people deal with them as a person not as a homeless person deal with them on a level of understanding that they are no different than you they are simply people who don’t at the moment live in a house, But we are men and women of dreams and aspiration we are capable of every emotion and feeling that any feel, When we get Cut we bleed when we are Hurt we cry when we a happy we laugh. We however in most cases as each and everyone in this world are unique and we are individuals.  People in general when helping us take the approach that we are broken helpless hopeless individuals with no true direction in life, we are merely on a different path. Yes some of us want a house yes all of us want the comfort of food today and yes we at times wish for the things others have the safety of a place where we can be at peace.
But we are not a sect of society you can put all in the same Box we don’t want to all be the people that live next door, I mean lets be realistic most of you don’t know your neighbor, and most of you that do cant stand them anyway If you must transform me to be like you is it for me to feel better about me or is it for people to feel better about themselves? I will Love you for who you are in all your uniqueness. I do not covet Nor do I want what you have, what I desire is for everyone to accept who I am and not feel I need to go in the Box with others Like me, I don’t want to be separated I want to be Me.
If you will all scroll back to the top of this page you will see a title that says this Homeless Life, Believe,  However different than yours or those around you I do Have A life.

The Number One Problem with being Homeless!

My Biggest fear, That now as many more people daily join the ranks of homeless the idea of  providing housing of 100 50 20 or 1 housing unit at a time will continue on. Being as ineffective or more so because of the swelling number being added to our population daily. If we are in any way going to effect the ability of Men and women who are facing this struggle to change their lives and find a sustainable manageable way to keep themselves and loved ones sheltered and fed. We must first recognize the real problem that the homeless person faces.
The Number one problem with being homeless is, not a house. It is the inability of millions upon millions of people to see it as a societal problem and not one of a person and Their misfortune.
We live in a world where the interest of corporations and governments far outweigh the needs of the people. Where Men can be denied the use of lands they were born on, for what is presented as protecting the environment, or as a common good for all people(imminent domain) when only a select few truly benefit from these regulations Or environmental protections and the people really effected by the decisions of their governing bodies, face suffrage because of unsustainable lives in which we have been all forced to endure at the threat of annihilation  by our fellow man. simply to instill fear and rule over men.
If your Governments and policy makers in your lives could truly protect us there would be no poverty problem in developed countries. We in America would have already achieved sustainability and Our citizens would not be living in third world conditions on this continent. But we in America Live in a world of Isolation and one given direction by national media outlets, corporations and local, state, and national political interest which are now geared towards the continuity of governance rather than the continuity of life.
And the citizens of this system are simply trained to believe that the impoverished and the less fortunate in our society are simply victims of life and the failing economic times or disaster, when the real disaster is that Man has become an indentured servant and believes himself to be a tax payer and anyone outside this system is viewed as criminal non productive and a drain on the economy, a non contributing member of society.
So if we are in any way going to win this battle of homelessness it must not be in the concentration of our efforts to simply supply People with homes, But let us recognize people first as equal Human beings afforded the same right and protection as any and let us make our governing bodies first recognize the ability for people to lead productive sustainable lives as A Human right common to one and all.

He will Lead Me to the Kingdom

I have because of the way That I live often been biased or critical of many, I have often been a harsh critic Of the Church, That is to say Organized religion. In the saying of this know that it is only Born of my experience in dealing with the church. I praise God for the ability to recognize Him in those that serve Him. And I also Praise Him for the ability to know those whom do not serve Him.
So it is not all of the Church Or all of Gods people with whom I have become this harsh critic of rather it is those that serve Him to their own ends, It is this that I have come to realize how I am blessed in ways many can not understand, I have been delivered from the hand of the oppressors of Gods people I am no longer availed to those that seek to serve themselves on the backs of Gods people. I am free from this burden of illusory piety. I know in my Heart Gods word is true and Is Good and Just and is for us as Gods people the only truth by which we must live. and that there is nothing I have not experienced that was not foretold of in His word. My suffrage is a small thing in compare to the suffrage of others. God tends to the needs of me as much as he ever did the people of Israel in the wilderness while my manna does not fall from the sky and my water flows not from the rock struck by Moses, I am at all times provided for By God Almighty. He will If I let Him lead me to the Kingdom, For I am His Child. He in no way will forsake me. And any indignity I might face in this life Is nothing in compare to Him having suffered the indignity of the Cross at Calvary.  And In all of my ways and all of my judgments I in no way am able to change the fact that I am less worthy of His mercy and His Grace than any man. I am Just a sinner and am granted mercy By Him who knew No sin having come to be sin for me that I might be delivered from this flesh having walked in sin from the springing forth from the womb I am unworthy.
So I continue On and I pray for Gods people and I lift The ministers of the Gospel In prayer and I pray that the Church find it’s place and that being in the kingdom and not in some building or some synagogue or sanctuary. I pray for the Church That has been deceived that God Bring them to an understanding of Him and His word. I pray for Gods people that They might listen to the calling in their lives and to answer that calling and I know that God Is bringing His Church One of Men and women of God, and Not some building to a Greater understanding of the Ways of the Kingdom. God Has no need of a building God will Build His Church In the Hearts of Men. And I have seen it Gods people reach out To the Hearts of others And No sanctuary, No Temple, No Glass cathedral, Can House and Hold God the Father, He will However House Himself in the Hearts of those That diligently Seek Him.
I simply say To one and all Beware the False Church and those Giving instruction in the doctrines of devils, and Know If you believe Christ, Being Born Of God Who knew no Sin Died and was Resurrected, For Your sin, Than You have no need of A Church More grand Than the One in you.
If you are In a church It is Your responsibility To ask are we as a people doing Gods work, Because It is my experience that Some Shepherds are wolves in Sheep's clothing, and Christ Warned Us all Believe them Not.
Luke 12:51  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division

God doesn’t answer Prayer here this is a Church!

Once Again I have been asked to leave a church for reasons only the Pastor might know, I was Not really in shock or awe over it I was more expecting it It seems what with all of the homeless and needy people in this country it is only fair that the church be able to protect itself from all the needy people.
I do believe however that Parkway Christian fellowship in Grants pass Oregon, has taken this a step further than most Church’s as They On their office door have a sign that is very clear.  “ we provide emergency assistance and help through, Christian alliance, there # is (---)--- ----.call them for assistance. No soliciting.”
http://www.parkwaycc.com/
Now, as It was beginning to rain I gave no thought to being a problem to the church just to sit and wait for the rain to pass and In that Druid and I had a seat and began to talk when we were asked to leave I had felt as if it were going to happen However that the man who would ask someone to leave would be driving a 40.000 1930’s coup I did not expect.
But I in the same respect don’t often look in the building of the church. For my brothers and sisters in Christ. I have found so many living out here in this same life homeless, in need, and bound together with the inhumanity found elsewhere. But having found that common thread that binds us all and that is a desire for what is right and just for all and not just a select few. Men and women who are like myself and Druid are a blemish to the established Church in my opinion because with the likes of us sitting out of the rain under there eves and overhang’s mar the very foundation of what they deem the church. But when God says To us You have robbed me in tithes and offerings was talking about these men and women who call themselves a church. Yet refuse to even speak to one of Gods children because of His State in life. Many people would in my shoes look at the situation differently, Let us take Druid  The Mans very name Cry’s out of not being of the same faith as myself or those in this Church, however between the two of us the lines are lifted by our common bond of oppression and our poverty and we see each other only as fellow men.
I do not judge Him by His Celtic walk or His spirituality or by His belief, I do know that being thrown from the sanctuary  together we were viewed as being no different equal. My only hope is not to be viewed as this manner of Christian in the eyes of others I am confronted always with the distaste for the Faith in that the majority of those claiming it have this same air of righteousness about them they see others as less worthy of these blessings they perceive to be from God.
Gods Blessings So the Church Might know do not come in the form of riches God did not supply anyone in the church a car to drive around that is worth more than a mans life of comfort, a 1930’s coup too park before a sanctuary were men are cast into the rain rather than ministered to was Not I assure you Gods Plan for the Church.I Know that the Car that was parked before that church could house more than two men and is simply a symbol of what another man perceives as Gods blessing In His Life. It is a sad a simple thing and your fruit manifested this way is One of the World And not of the Spirit Of God. So I will keep this Church in prayer And Ask you do the same because I would they come to realize, " That which you do unto the least of these you do unto me” was Directed at us the Church. And Druid  for those of My Faith That act in the world and not the spirit, I ask you forgive them they know not at anytime what they do. Judge those of My faith Rather in the common ground that we found and let them be blessed.