Do you have any room?
Room for a poor family on the road without a place to stay?
Shelter for a helpless child?
Do we have room, Alabama?
Apparently not. Or if so, we're saving it for company.
Alabama is the worst place in the nation to be a homeless child, according to a report published in the Washington Post today. States were ranked by the extent of child homelessness; the well-being of children; the risk for child homelessness; and state policy and planning efforts. According to the study Vermont is best in the nation and Alabama is worst. Nationally the average is that one out of forty-five children experience homelessness during a one year period.
Since Alabama is the worst state in the union, we can assume that the percentage is higher here.
We can react to this as we have been taught for decades. Ain't no pointy headed intellectuals from up north going to tell us anything, certainly how to take care of our children. That Washington Post is the same liberal rag that started Watergate, ain't they?
And while we ignorantly defend ourselves, children will die. Right in our own back yard. Like the countries we visit to do mission work, spreading the love of the Lord.
The same Lord whose birthday we are preparing for with lights, and music, and presents and parties and food and drink and parades. The same Lord who was born homeless because there was no room for his family.
The same Lord who said, when you did it to the least of these my children, you did it to me.
If we really want to celebrate Jesus' birthday with the birthday Boy, we will have to change our party plans.
Cause I guarantee, He will be with the children.
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