A
Message in a Dream
Three
days after receiving the news in April of his appointment as the new pastor, he
was awakened by a dream at 2 a.m. This dream was different from any in the
past. In this dream, God spoke to him and told Willie to do something very
specific, and God promised Willie if he would do this, then He would provide
for Willie and protect him.
However,
there was a problem. What God asked Willie to do was not something Willie
wanted to do, and he had no interest in doing it. It was clearly out of his
comfort zone.
In
that dream, God told Willie that he needed to live on the streets of
Clarksville, Tennessee as a homeless and hungry person. He challenged Willie to
experience firsthand just what it was like to have nothing – no home, no money,
no friends, no food on even a semi-regular basis, no nothing.
What
God was saying to Willie was, “I hear you preach the word of God and share the
message of Christ. Now, I want you to actually live it. And I want to hear how
you liked having nothing and being treated with disrespect and disdain by
almost everybody. I’m not finished. I want you to tell your new congregation
about your experience and challenge them to make a difference in the world,
beginning right here in Clarksville, Tennessee.”
More
on the Internet at http://www.tennessean.com
Which
brings us to a close of a one-year poll here at Homeless In America. Bloggers, readers and visitors were asked the
following question:
In
your opinion, which of the following persons might resemble the lifestyle of
Jesus the most? Here is how the
responders voted . . .
-
Protestant Pastor, 0%
- Catholic Cleric, 7%
- Sunday Church Goer, 0%
- Daily Church Goer, 7%
- Homeless Man or Woman, 85%
- None of the Above, 0%
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