Thursday, December 23, 2010

Reach the world?

I was driving to grandma's house right after I got off today, and admist the craziness that is called holiday traffic I see this boy walking down the road. Like I always do when I see people walking down the road, the thought swept my mind if picking him up. Before I get told every reason why this is not safe, I'm going to say I know and would probably never do it (although today I wondered if God would want me to ignore my instincts and the millions of people I know who would tell me I'm crazy. So this kid is walking; he was maybe thirteen and this thought passes though and then I notice something. It's freezing outside and he has no coat on. None. I have a stack of coats at my house I'm about to take to our coat drive. And this kid is walking down the road in short sleeves, either holding something in his hands or trying to keep his hands warm. Couldn't really tell. Here I am in my truck with the heat going and a Carhartt on. Not to mention about 10 coats in my closet at home to keep and 10 on the floor to go to our drive.
Did I mention why I'm driving to Grandma's?
To pick up a box of Christmas food for this family who almost didn't have Christmas. Their story is a whole nother blog.
We're doing this coat drive. Yay, good for us.  And although I type that sarcastically, it really is a good thing and for a little bit I was proud to be doing something. Still am glad we're doing something. But is it enough. We'll get those coats out there to people who need them. But what are the odds of me tracking this one boy down? Not only that, we can't help everyone.
I don't feel like I'm doing enough.
Anyway, bring every used coat, scarf, blanket, whatever to Union Grove. The more we get, the more we help.