We Have to Do Better as A People

There are so many people in the world who do not have access to food that it is sickening. Here we are in 2024 and still, people are starving. The children, whose homes are unstable or whose schools no longer provide free lunches because it is too much of a burden for the government. Yet, the government will spend billions of dollars to fund wars that should not involve them. How does that make sense? There are elderly who are no longer able to work and should be enjoying their last years, but yet, some sit in houses hungry, feeling unseen, and concerned with whether they will have electricity or gas to warm their houses. It is amazing how someone can look at another person and not acknowledge their loneliness or hunger. We as a people have to do better.

I make it a habit to check on my mom to see if she has food, and bills paid, and to make her feel like she is visible. To see someone is to look beyond their physical appearance, one has to look into the conversation and truly hear what the person is saying or not saying. Some young people are hungry as well. They show up to community churches, parks, and other places where people gather in hopes of being offered food without being embarrassed. The Bible says to feed strangers, what is even funnier is when family members become strangers. Strangers because people do not see them, understand them, know them, or do not acknowledge them as if they are unfamiliar. We have to do better as a people.

When I see someone asking for food, money, or any assistance standing on the street. If I have money, I go and buy them some food and if I do not then I say a prayer, because God is able to provide more for them than I ever could. While that may not seem to be physically helping someone, I know that God will send someone to assist where I could not. I remember one time, I brought someone some food and they threw it away. I did not allow that to discourage me, because that particular person was beyond the type of help that I felt compelled to offer.

We have to do better as a people. Please check on the children, elderly, and friends that you have and know because they may be going hungry. Assist where you can and know that while your efforts may not change the world, it will at least change one person.