Each month NCCC partners with the San Diego Food Bank to bag and hand out food to many North County residents. Next Tuesday we serve again. Over the past few months I have watched the numbers increase as more are struggling in the current financial situation. It is sobering to see their faces and watch their body language. Gratitude is abundant. Humility is flowing freely. Emptiness is overwhelming.
These people know they are in need. They understand their desperation. They arrive 5 hours before bagging begins to stand in line regardless of the weather, to ensure food will be in their hands. They cannot feed themselves right now and need assistance to stay alive. They arrive with open hands.
As I watch these people I cannot help but ask myself 2 questions:
1. What can I do to be more aware of the needs of others?
2. Do I appreciate what I have been given by God?
How about you? How would you answer those questions?
Great questions Randy! Thank you for reminding us to think of others and give daily gratitude to our Lord for our blessings - physical and spiritual! Is there someone there who offers to pray with these folks, especially when you see their emptiness? Just a thought. I look foward to when my kiddos are older and we can go and help hand out food. :)
Posted by: Brooke | 12/10/2009 at 01:54 PM