Was it John Wesley that said if he could find 100 men who hated sin and feared God, that he could turn the world upside down? Well… he couldn’t and he didn’t! Our hearts, so very decietful! John Hyde, praying for the poor in distant lands, died of a broken heart. Few want to lay down in the infirmary bed of Amy Carmichale in the south of India. But here in this land of ours, even fewer still want to sit and have a meal at a skid row mission with some depressed tramp, doper or whore. And God forbid that they would even reach out to the homeless ‘SOULS’ (for that’s what they are) who wander the streets in fear of even entering the missions. After 12+ years of living and working in street missions I honestly believe that the church of Laodicea here in North America is going to have a hard time birthing a Bride. No ‘gold’ without ‘fire’, and it’s oh so much easier to love the naked savage that we can’t see, than the wino or gang-banger that we can see. Opprotunities everywhere, if we’ll just turn off the air conditioning. Psalms 27:4,13

Sorry about the rant and the miss-spellings!

We’re doing neither – not keeping ourselves unstained, nor helping those in need.

Jude 22-23
And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

I’m afraid we’re simply ignoring them all.