Adoption

Greetings all, a very interesting thing has happened in my building. Some time ago, probably around December or so, a man began hanging out in the small vestibule of my building. The space is very small but carpeted and heated. This man did not "move in" per se. He'd use the space irregularly, mainly when it was very cold or wet outside. Then an amazing thing began to happen, somehow my building adopted the man! Things began to appear exactly on the spot he'd sleep on when he'd be over. One day there was a thick flannel shirt, obviously just washed and neatly folded. Another day, a couple of shirts in a plastic bag. My building, full of suit wearing people who only sleep here in Norristown, was actually embracing a homeless man! What an amazing example of the good in God's creation. Not everyone agreed with that of course. three weeks ago or so I received a phone call from an officer asking me to let his officers into the building. After asking him how I would know if he was a cop, he decided to go downstairs to see if these were real cops. They were and as I opened the door they asked me if I'd seen a homeless man around. Apparently someone had called them saying there was a homeless man somewhere in the hallways of my building. Never mind that the man never even entered the building itself, all he did was use the small heated space at the entrance of our building. So the cops came in and walked the entire building. The very next morning there was a bag full of clothes on "Bob's" spot in the vestibule. My building has a relationship with a man most of us have never spoken with. He doesn't abuse the relationship and we reach out to help him. I have enjoyed very much watching this relationship unfold, I don't know where it will go but as for now it's been great to see Goodness in a tangible way. Perhaps St. Augustine wasn't all that far off when he said, All that is, is good", after all, God made it.