Heart for the Homeless...

This past Saturday, Amanda's Xtreme small group was involved in a service project with several other small groups...They were going to make bag lunches and serve them to the homeless in downtown Atlanta.

There was a great turnout of kids and adults and we ended up making about 500-600 sandwiches and lunches...

From there we headed to South Atlanta to meet up with Seven Bridges to Recovery, the ministry that this was all through...

Initially, I was merely going as protection for the girls but when I got there, God totally spun my heart around and said "You're here to serve"

The head dude of the ministry was a gnarly looking harley dude that brought the Word for all of us there in a KMart parking lot. It was real, it was raw and I loved it.

From there, we split up into two groups and headed out to feed the homeless of Atlanta.

It's always amazing to see poverty up close and personal. It's a huge problem and it's right here in our backyard of Atlanta. There are about a million reasons why...Nonetheless, it's there...

We went under bridges and left food on beds. We prayed over beds together. We talked to the homeless and prayed with them. We gave away clothes and told these unfortunate souls how much we love them.

It was faith in action.
It was real.
It was organic.
It was beautiful.
It was the way I think Jesus would want.

Fortunately, there was a photographer there capturing the day. Here's just a taste...

The sandwich making line...
Here's the entire group of Buckhead Churchies after making the lunches...
Some of our friends we met...The lady really wanted something to warm her head and one of the guys pulled off his beanie and gave it to her...
This is Pastor 7 of Seven Bridges to Recovery throwin' down the Word before we hit the streets...
A team of folks praying and encouraging...
A typical sleeping set up under the bridge...
Praying over a bed...Asking God to lift up whoever sleeps there...
Lets get involved this holiday season. Lets get our heart turned upside down. Lets get in really uncomfortable situations and serve. Lets love on people that we don't know. Lets forgot about our standard of living and care about lives.

Photo credits: Michael Martin @ www.capturedbeauty.smugmug.com