I volunteered at a homeless shelter, and a lot of the guests were not drug addicts or alcoholics. They had fallen on hard times through no fault of their own.
@@pamelalyon3264 Exactly! I've been homeless, about 20 years ago. Our landlord sold the house we were renting, and so we bought a trailer that was on rented land. Our new landlord didn't pat the property taxes. Well, guess what happened next... Thankfully we had jobs and even though ended up in a shelter, we were able to save and find another place. It took us 5 months though. I now work at a food pantry and I can tell you everyone's story is different and so many who've ended up homeless, or nearly so, it was do due to a series of events, many of which were beyond the person's control. People like to point out and say, well, what about the alcoholics and drug users. I tell them...those issues are likely due to trauma in that person's life. Instead of judging, we should just be trying to help them. We ALL have issues, and most of us are just a few personal disasters from being on the streets. And no matter what we're all human and worthy of respect and compassion.
There is a fulltime homeless population here of about 40 or so full time homeless residents in this small souther oregon community.. Some of them is real rough shape. It is a shame to see this lack of involvement from the Christain Churches in this community who by thier own frontage show the prosperity of their members. Yeah, These churches are failing to walk the talk of their faith and, put into action the commitment of their faith. Wonder why so many have left the churches? Faith without works.
No one wants to be homeless. War, famine, disease, job losses, health debt, are just some of the reasons for homeless people. You know people always ask why are we here? We are here to take care of each other!
Often teenagers fleeing domestic abuse as well. (SBS - Australia - ran a couple of series of this. "Filthy Rich & Homeless". Five wealthy Australians give up their lavish lifestyles for ten days to discover what life is like for the nation's 105,000 homeless people." It was run/organised by people who work with the homeless to give these privileged people a window into the lives of homeless people. It was eye-opening.)
Filthy Rich…. How apt. I don’t know how people can be as rich as they are and see people starving to death and struggling to live and not do a damn thing about it. I’m not even saying they have to go full on mother Thresa here but there’s a lot of good they good do but won’t…
It's a shame that so called Christians forget that Jesus Himself said that we will be judged by the way we treat the poor and the vulnerable. Thank you for the message of love
Woe to the downpressers. They eat the bread of sorrow. As a long time homeless guy I can say with authority, stigma is the biggest obstacle to people getting off the streets. Anybody who says otherwise is simply wrong. Jesse Watters and his ilk are compounding the "problem" for talking points and they know it. It's beyond shameful, it's costing human lives.
I was watching a documentary about the work houses in Victorian Britain. They were the places where the most desperate of the poor could go. Part of the ethos of the place was to stigmatise the people and take away any self respect they had. The theory was that this would force the poor to stop being malingerers and they would change their ways and stop being poor. That didn’t work then and it won’t work now. This is still current thinking. There are no work houses now but tent cities are the new places for the “nobodies” to go. I need to be reminded of Jesus’ words in his sermon on the mount.
I've watched a couple of documentaries on work houses, also. When I hear the maga's agenda of rehab camps and detention centers... those documentaries haunt me.
I was taught this by my grandmother: "There but for the grace of God go I." I know people like Jessie, they think they are special and they could never be like these people.
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say." Geronimo
Thank you. This message is so important. Dehumization is at the core of the atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazis (and other authoritarians). A regime my parents barely survived as children, parents who told me all their stories when I was a child. I understood the extreme danger of dehumanizing people from a young age.
So much meanness, just for the sake of meanness. It says more about him than the vulnerable people he mocks. The homeless are not less than Jesse Watters in the eyes of God who loves us all.
@@JoAnnFuir Might be. But most MAGA christians do focus on abortion and reject any social security measure! Of course, help from the government is bad, the people most be made dependent on the mercy of so called "christians".
@@What_do_I_Think In the old days, people would help eachother. They didn't rely on the government for help. The Amish do not receive any help from the government. They help eachother. They have fundraisers to help raise money for medical bills. The Amish do not have health insurance or social security. They take care of their own. They have the right idea.
@@JoAnnFuir BS Other western countries have social security and healthcare for basically everybody without falling into communism. You ppl are brainwashed. You can not adapt the way of the Amish to a modern society living in big cities. If it would be possible, everybody would do it. You are talking like right-wing radio.
When my daughter was "10," she was in the hospital for 10 months. I had recently been divorced, so fortunately I had enough money from the divorce settlement to pay for some of the hospital bills. Years later I became homeless. It was extremely scary. I almost committed suicide. I was ashamed and embarrassed. However, I did choose to live for my children. I'm "76," now and my three children are highly successful, in all ways. Anyone who chastises another for being homeless is a vacant, shell of a human. When they use disparaging words towards another, they only shine a light on their own lack of humanity. This is a person who needs our prayers and compassion. They know not what they do...
We should remember more of what the Old Testament had to say about Nations, Poor leadership and, what befalls those nations, regimes that proved their evilness to the eyes of the world.
When I was about six years old (think 1949) a horse-drawn wagon came down our alley driven by a man with very black skin. My mother explained God had made some people black and others ‘red’, ‘yellow’ or ‘white’. Other than that there was no difference. People, she said, should be judged by what kind of person they were. Hey, I was six, and my mother was never wrong, so that’s how I grew up seeing the world.
A very, very good lesson from your mother. It's too bad Progressives have totally upended that lesson, as they judge people solely by the color of their skin and never by the content of their character.
So sad - I see the same thing here in B.C. - a family member died and we had a large celebration of life . There was lots of food left over and I asked if I could take it to the homeless tent city . I could not believe the comments and I was told definitely not. So much food was thrown away. Bags of buns, chips ,sandwiches went into the garbage. I lost all respect for the person who said no that day.
The Trans Bathroom issues just highlights that the design of public restrooms are a travesty. I once attended a seminary in a building where there was hallway of small "closets" containing just a toilet. These were small rooms the size of a walk-in closet with just the plumbing. No question of privacy for the occupant. No separate accommodations for Men / Women, so no issues of having enough stations broken down by who would be in the building. Outside this hall were the sinks. Bottom line... there are other options to do things the way they do. BTW: "Nothing but drug addicts" are still somebody's child, somebody's sibling, possibly somebody's parent... often somebody who has seen atrocities in service to the defense of our country.
I studied propaganda as a psychology student in collage. One of the main ways to detect the worst kind of propaganda is to look for dehumanization of others. We are all human beings and deserve to live without fear of being who we are.
I know, right? We rank abstractions over expressions of humanity -- abstractions like "freedom," not understanding what soul sales have been made to get it.
My Adult ADD read “Jesus” instead of “Jesse.” All I could think was I am seeing from both sides now - they turned Jesus into MAGA & paved paradise to put up a parking lot. Grateful for all of you. Love & joy to all.
Stigmatizing Anybody is wrong especially the Homeless...Were I live at city council meetings some people blame the homeless for everything...The thing is under DT homelessness may skyrocket.. Tariffs will make Homeless... Thanks Rev Ed....God Bless 🕊️
If and when Trump begins messing with our established institutions... We will realize a significant increase in homelessness. Trump is incapable of making America great if,... He refuses to embrace all Americans as his Brothers and Sisters. Trump has so much yet to learn of the realities of real human existence and life but, this is what happens when a nation elects the lowest common denominator, money, wealth and, expects a person with lots of it to become a worthy leader.
Do you think Jesse Waters ever heard the parable about the Sheep and the Goats? It's been a few years since I read the gospels, but I'm pretty sure there was something Jesus said to the effect of "I was sick, and you comforted me; naked, and you clothed me; hungry, and you fed me".
Denver has a significant amount of homeless people. In large part, they migrated to Colorado from other states. Maybe they heard that Colorado is one of the freest states in America. Perhaps they are seeking freedom and liberty. Just like the forefathers of this nation. I am proud of Colorado. Homes solve homelessness, Fox News does not (pass it on).
As a practicing pagan, I totally agree with your analysis, reverend Trevors. I believe we're all human beings who deserve respect, care and to be afforded the ability to live our lives with dignity. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳🥳👏👏👏👏
A couple of decades ago I was discussing homelessness with someone I knew. He told me that people were homeless by choice. I said that that was ridiculous. He then accused me of being a "bleeding heart liberal". You are absolutely right. It is a timeless tactic.
Rev, although I am of a different denomination, I listen to you often, mostly agree with you and always learn something from you so thank you for sharing. I am a senior, disabled homeless citizen in the state of Texas. I too often hear, you are homeless because you choose to be.” No!!! I did not choose to get old, to become disabled and unable to work or to become homeless!! It’s exhausting to fight against such criticism and judgement. Sure, maybe I made wrong choices, bad decisions but I also had some successes before reaching this state in life. I am a people person I honestly want to work!! On the other hand, my Christian beliefs are that everything happens for a reason and everything is for Gods honor and Glory. Although I don’t know or understand why I am going through this valley, I know God will bring me out in His time and will set me up on higher ground!! Amen!!
God bless you on this journey. Have you contacted to local Salvation Army or St Vincent DePaul organization? I hope this next year brings you satisfying work, a cozy room, health, and joy. You’re in my prayers.
@@libbycollins9349 Smaller communities have only the local churches who can provide social services but, as most of these I have observed are tied into the Evangelical movement, they dont't seem to be coming forward and lead by example and thanks for the blessings, God has given to them. One ways.
Thank you for sharing．I want you always remember you are loved. May God hold you and walk beside you on this journey. Seek help! You can be the light of this world!
@@ikeus685 Fail until it finally gets the idea of what it needs to succeed, the embrace of a benevolent, altruistic God who will not clear the stubbornly guilty.
I had it explained that the body is the vehicle that helps your soul move around, so just like a car, do maintenance to your body so you get better mileage. SMH over Jesse's thought process about the homeless. No heart, no compassion. Good talk Rev Ed.
Last year Jessie whined about his $100. Thanksgiving turkey. Come to find out, it was a Trader Joes designer turkey. This year his own mother doesn't want to spend Thanksgiving with him.
First let me say Happy Thanksgiving because I am responding to this Thanksgiving morning. When I was moving with the help of my youngest daughter from Montana where I had been in a nursing home for 2 years 2 St Louis where I was to live with my oldest daughter I said to my daughter that as a transgender person that if I was able to accomplish anything in those two years in the nursing home is that I was able to show the staff and other residents there that a transgender person is just that a person not someone to fear not someone to verify . The other thing I wanted to say this morning is that I am an avid reader of cop type novels. In one of the novels I don't remember which one if I did I would give a nod to the author but in the homicide department they had a banner up on the wall that said either everyone matters or no one matters meaning that no one is less than human and should be treated the same way as has everyone else. It is become my mantra in that everyone matters.
Most homeless I have met don't do drugs, don't drink. They got there because one thing went wrong. People who think they are "safe" are only one emergency away from being in the same spot. (I don't want to be negative and say some people may find out the hard way next year) Reminds me of a story that someone told me once of a homeless man that went to a church for a service, and was turned away at the door. Someone at the door with him said "It's okay, I've been trying to get in for years!" Wonder who that was...
“People who are experiencing homelessness” are still people……with or without homes, and deserve all that is needed for a decent existence. FDR had plans to implement a Second bill of rights, among which were: employment; adequate income for food, shelter and recreation; decent housing; adequate medical care; education, and others. They were to be called the economic bill of rights. Too bad we still have not reached for this more perfect union.
Your videos appeared out of the blue in my feed, though I'm not upset by this--I'm more surprised by how I'm beginning to reflect upon what I've been focusing on in regards to Christianity, Faith and even Jesus. I still have a long way to go, I'll admit that, but I do think that I've been focusing on the wrong things. In reality, compassion, understanding my fellow humans and hospitality seems to be more important to The Lord than denominations and outward image. Thank you for your videos, they are pretty insightful in my opinion.
A co-worker of mine told me that the last time he went to his church, he was literally yelled at and was told to leave by his church leaders after mentioning that they should donate and gather food for the homeless for the holidays. And what's sad is that all the other members of his church went along with the church leaders. This is why Christianity is failing. This is why no one takes Christianity seriously or respects it.
Considering how many homeless in the US are veterans, and how much the right "loves and respects" veterans and active duty, one would think the right would be all over trying to do everything they can to help them. When people show you who they are, believe them.
@@steveclark8304 As the son of a Korean War era soldier (he died while in the service but not in combat), and the brother of three veterans, it disturbs me, too. When people like Watters dismisses/stigmatizes them, it enrages me.
The topic is of utmost importance. From the Jewish perspective, there are a number of levels of charity/giving -- and the highest form is providing someone with the abilities they need to maintain their lives. ("Teach a man to fish..." ) Created in G-D's image and "placed here." Yes, it goes back to Eden, and the Woman's arrival on the scene to HELP Adam realize why he was placed here. And within 48 hours, they were leaving Eden. And Eve gets a horrible rap throughout history for doing exactly what she was placed there for. Leading to a justification for male dominance and misogyny.
Once she got the wrong idea, her idea of help was twisted too. In practice, everyone who can should look out for everyone else who might not be able to. This came into realization with the post-Edenic life.
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 -- There was no wrong idea. The walking talking serpent -- who was very cunning (wise) reminded her of her mission, and how the tree was there. There was a world outside of Eden in need of repair. She knew that staying in Eden would make her and her children tzaddikim. One who does teshuvah is MUCH closer to G-D than a tzaddik. The serpent alluded to this. The woman wanted her children closer to G-D, and that could only happen outside Eden. That's why she didn't even spend 48 hours there -- and could EASILY convince Adam to recall his mission. (Having just been brought to life, she knew it -- and saw the means through that tree. The tree that G-D put there for that purpose.)
The worst part is that more homeless are being created every day. More people not able to afford even the cheapest housing. The city I live in posted a story the other day saying more abandoned buildings were being turned into affordable housing. Their definition of affordable is over $1000 for a studio apartment. I have a decent job and if I paid that much for an apartment as a single person I would be living paycheck to paycheck even more than I already do. And stigmatizing homeless? They have always been stigmatized- anyone saying they are being glorified has obviously always lived a very privileged life.
I think that the problem began when we separated the humanity of Yeshua from His divinity. His humanity is a function of His divinity. And our humanity is a function of divinity. That's what it means to be created in the image of God.
Matthew 8:20. They call Jesus their Lord and Savior, but denigrate the things Jesus was. They put Jesus on a pedestal too high to reach, but do the opposite of everything Jesus told them to do. They sing Jesus’ praises, but it all rings hollow. We are a very small convent, with just two nuns in a small house with little space to share, but we continue to welcome homeless people to come and stay with us until they can get back up on their feet. If we, with little money and a house in need of repairs, can do this, why can’t they?
@@victorialawhon2251 Walk your love of Jesus Christ for all the world to see. May you life be a daily reflection of the Love you have for God in your own daily walk. Thank you so much for helping those in need!
Such an arrangement is a blessing. There are other things than strictly personal homes that can be offered to the service of the Lord. Some of them are necessary institutions. But this doesn't diminish the use of personal homes when the person to be helped is pretty clearly on the up-and-up with their intentions.
^. ^ I don't understand how people can be so cruel and nasty. I met a woman from Shelter the other day. She ranted at me for fifteen minutes. I had to say that I did not have the solution to the problem. I know that people will die on the streets of Edinburgh this winter. I know what that is like because I was once homeless All I can do is maybe offer them some food Foxy pagan love fae Scotland VVxx
Your words thru the Holy Spirit convict me everytime I listen to you ..your message as seeing everyone as being made in the image of God and focusing time on taking care of people is what’s important as Christian’s ..is a much needed message in these end times
Jesus was homeless and an immigrant. I shudder to hear the hatred towards others from people who believe they are Christians. “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” comes to mind.
I found myself homeless in late 2016 - yes, in part due to a situation of my own making. Slept for four months in a borrowed car; got a job with a guy who didn't care if I parked that car in his shop lot; saved and with some help from family, bought an old RV for 5k; then my mom died, my disabled wife had to move into the RV along with mom's cat. We lived in it until I managed to buy us our first house (we're both in our 50's) in late 2018. I'd moved into the RV the week before New Years of 16' and moved from the RV to the house the week before New Years of 18', go figure. Things happen; and yes, sometimes addictions are in play, but for every one you assume wants no help, there are 19 like me. My boss gave me a job and didn't hold my homelessness against me; my family saw that I'd saved half of the 5k and between several of them loaning me the balance - oh, and I paid both of them back, too. Before buying this house I am sitting in now, today. The first two years of videos on my YT channel were shot in that RV, FYI, so I have receipts.
Not any different from Kamala spending millions on celebrities and now that she has lost just fired her stuff without any pay. textbook socialist/communist mentality. It goes both ways.
Don't bother Trying to find common ground and work to improve relationshipsand better everyones lives by living in harmony with one another. The rise and fall of civilazations can be found in the adhesion, solidarity of the people. Tell us again how Trump could make America great? It is looking like we will see this nation plunge from the Graces of the Divine with a government of haters. Who would stand and support such wickedness???
There’s a catch 22 to anger with the MAGA mentality of dehumanizing others. We end up dehumanizing them, which is no better. I’m now beginning to understand what love your enemy truly means and how hard it is to follow the teachings of Christ. It’s much easier to hate and dehumanize.
I much prefer conservatives being honest about their disdain for the non-rich to their ‘we should help our own first’ lies. It simplifies politics when they just say what they actually believe.
And within the first 1:30 Rev. Trevors you have answered your own previous question as to whether or not the Pope was right when he said we all worship the same God but with different names and styles 😊❤
I always remember that, early in "Image Comics" history, three of their big line up characters were all Homeless Characters; Spawn, Shadowhawk, and The Maxx.
Your videos and perspectives give me hope. I had / have become so disillusioned with organized religion. I am so excited to have found your “channel”. I have hope again.
Jesse watters is right! Just forget the homeless; they’re useless… and forget people with disabilities; what do they contribute anyway, and forget vets who are disfigured; they’re not nice to look at, forget starving children; they can’t hold a real job. Who needs compassion… that’s something for the weak… and Jesus. 😞🙏
You're right. We must fight the woke mind virus! The woke mob even tries to infiltrate the Bible. Just look what they've done to the Mountain Sermon! (sarcasm off)
I became homeless 14 days ago. The home I was renting for 18 years was sold. I work for a major IVY League University and still manage to get to work on time Monday-Fri. The housing costs are so high I am struggling to find a place. It is 2,200 a month just for a 1 bedroom and many have waiting lists, some 2-5 years. I am actually appalled the way homeless people are treated. I went to many agency's and well known charity's and all they could offer me is a tent and sleeping bag. I just want a warm place to sleep. I am not an alcoholic or drug addict. I just want to work and have a stable place to come home to at the end of the work day.
We all make choices. We see people who were so tempted by money they sold what was what is the heart of their humanity, their souls. “Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, And each will wrestle for the mastery there.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust
I learned not to enable negative reinforcing behaviors. To enable them gives them no reason to change and so the cycle continues. I am not responsible for the actions of others, only my actions and responses.
If people really, truly knew who we ALL really are, things would be so much better because we wouldn't be able to divide anyone into "other". We wouldn't be able to do what Jesse Watters did around the issue of homeless human beings. At the core of our "Being" is unconditional love, acceptance, compassion, non judgement. When we know we who really are, we know who everyone else really is, we share the same "Being". That shared Being IS "God". "God" is not a "being", not a separate entity out there somewhere that controls everything like a "parent" figure. Until people know who they really are, for many of them, there is an intuition of what we have forgotten, what became hidden and people search for what has been seemingly "lost". This "lostness" is due to all of our worldly conditioning and the egoic minds activities which cloud the Truth of our Being. What people are searching for is their "True Nature", the True essence of "I", a coming home to one's "True Self". This "Self" is not singular, not the mind identified "me" that most people take themselves to be. It is entirely free of all of the egoic minds identifications and activities and at the same time, it includes all of it. This realization of who we really are is what the word "God" points to even though the word is now too loaded to be really meaningful. "God", as a label, could be said to be the light of pure Awareness/Consciousness of which we are all an expression, without which, there would be nothing. The truth is that humans developed the ideas of "Gods", they developed the systems of religions and did it with human imagery, with human emotions in an attempt to make sense of what has been "lost/forgotten". Unfortunately, these systems of religions, all of the various "Gods" and beliefs therein, have, more often than not, been about collecting more power and wealth, about control of others, in the service of "ego". For the most part, they have not been in the service of "Truth". This is what I saw, what I "remembered" after a profound NDE. The NDE was a return to Pure Awareness, Wholeness. Everything human fell away, ALL of it. What I brought back from the NDE, I have attempted to share here, even though words, at best, are just pointers. Who we ALL really are, is Love.
I grew up in a middle-class family in the mid-west. Then I found myself living in a poor and dangerous neighborhood in Brooklyn. The culture shock was intense. So many things I saw left me slack-jawed and befuddled. I had never seen poverty like that, didn't think the US had poverty like that. Homeless, druggies, beggars... It was horrible. Understand, NY has many wonderful and amazing aspects as well - I bring it up because we're talking about those who are not surviving. You wonder how I ended up there. I was a college student. So I had a loving family. I had a home far away where people don't get shot. My time in Brooklyn was not permanent and I would soon be back where people are polite and the streets are clean. I got my degree and I left. But those people are still there. They can't leave. I did nothing for them, nothing of any lasting value. I just took care of myself. It was a test and I failed it - not even realizing it was a test. "Their" problem looked so monumental and so much like NY's problem, not my problem. It's so easy as a student to worry about passing an exam while ignoring someone who's hungry. Your life is right up in your face. What's happing in someone's life, someone you don't even know is... invisible. I should have something wise to say now after all these words. Maybe it will come to me later. How can you see beyond your own privet world?
Easy there! Not so hard on yourself. You learned something that you can use to show kindness and love to others now and in the future. That’s what counts. Maybe God stuck you in that neighborhood to learn that lesson. I get to volunteer weekly at a foodshelf, where I can pass along acts of kindness and encouragement. It’s the best day of my week.
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I volunteered at a homeless shelter, and a lot of the guests were not drug addicts or alcoholics. They had fallen on hard times through no fault of their own.
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Exactly!
I've been homeless, about 20 years ago.
Our landlord sold the house we were renting, and so we bought a trailer that was on rented land.
Our new landlord didn't pat the property taxes.
Well, guess what happened next...
Thankfully we had jobs and even though ended up in a shelter, we were able to save and find another place.
It took us 5 months though.
I now work at a food pantry and I can tell you everyone's story is different and so many who've ended up homeless, or nearly so, it was do due to a series of events, many of which were beyond the person's control.
People like to point out and say, well, what about the alcoholics and drug users.
I tell them...those issues are likely due to trauma in that person's life.
Instead of judging, we should just be trying to help them.
We ALL have issues, and most of us are just a few personal disasters from being on the streets.
And no matter what we're all human and worthy of respect and compassion.
Beautiful. Many of us are lonely. Blessings to you.
Addiction and mental illness are a major factor for it, unfortunately itself used to demonize people.
There is a fulltime homeless population here of about 40 or so full time homeless residents in this small souther oregon community.. Some of them is real rough shape.
It is a shame to see this lack of involvement from the Christain Churches in this community who by thier own frontage show the prosperity of their members.
Yeah, These churches are failing to walk the talk of their faith and, put into action the commitment of their faith. Wonder why so many have left the churches? Faith without works.
Country Club religiosity
The poor and homeless aren't the problem, those who hoard money are.
Bingo!
Hope they catch on & help out soon.
Guess we all should ✝️
The only money I’ve ever really kept is money I gave away to help others. The rest is just fluff.
AMEN
Hoarders of the earth's wealth and plenty
Respectfully I don't think Jesse Watters wants to solve any problems. He butters his daily bread with chaos, confusion, hatred and ignorance.
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Agreed, but unfortunately he has influence. At the very least, people believe making such ugly statements are acceptable.
He's not interested in anything except ratings and the money which follows
He gets attention by being vile.
No wonder he is so unkind. That kind of diet will be bad for the soul.
I agree!
Must be related to T rump.
No one wants to be homeless. War, famine, disease, job losses, health debt, are just some of the reasons for homeless people. You know people always ask why are we here? We are here to take care of each other!
Often teenagers fleeing domestic abuse as well. (SBS - Australia - ran a couple of series of this. "Filthy Rich & Homeless". Five wealthy Australians give up their lavish lifestyles for ten days to discover what life is like for the nation's 105,000 homeless people." It was run/organised by people who work with the homeless to give these privileged people a window into the lives of homeless people. It was eye-opening.)
Filthy Rich…. How apt. I don’t know how people can be as rich as they are and see people starving to death and struggling to live and not do a damn thing about it. I’m not even saying they have to go full on mother Thresa here but there’s a lot of good they good do but won’t…
It's a shame that so called Christians forget that Jesus Himself said that we will be judged by the way we treat the poor and the vulnerable.
Thank you for the message of love
Amen - again!!
I've watched Jesse a few times, and at first I thought he might be a 5atanist, but I think 5atanists are generally kinder and more thoughtful.
It’s like they all forgot that part…
Fight poverty, not the Poor....
Woe to the downpressers. They eat the bread of sorrow. As a long time homeless guy I can say with authority, stigma is the biggest obstacle to people getting off the streets. Anybody who says otherwise is simply wrong. Jesse Watters and his ilk are compounding the "problem" for talking points and they know it. It's beyond shameful, it's costing human lives.
Yes, being homeless kills the spirit. If you are not strong enough you will be tempted towards suicide. I know this...and survived.
@arianahoule7223 it can be unbearable for sure
I was watching a documentary about the work houses in Victorian Britain. They were the places where the most desperate of the poor could go. Part of the ethos of the place was to stigmatise the people and take away any self respect they had. The theory was that this would force the poor to stop being malingerers and they would change their ways and stop being poor. That didn’t work then and it won’t work now. This is still current thinking. There are no work houses now but tent cities are the new places for the “nobodies” to go. I need to be reminded of Jesus’ words in his sermon on the mount.
I've watched a couple of documentaries on work houses, also. When I hear the maga's agenda of rehab camps and detention centers... those documentaries haunt me.
Eugenics is incredibly ugly and deadly no matter what language it cloaks itself in.
I was taught this by my grandmother: "There but for the grace of God go I."
I know people like Jessie, they think they are special and they could never be like these people.
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say." Geronimo
That's beautiful!!
Thank you. This message is so important. Dehumization is at the core of the atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazis (and other authoritarians). A regime my parents barely survived as children, parents who told me all their stories when I was a child. I understood the extreme danger of dehumanizing people from a young age.
So much meanness, just for the sake of meanness. It says more about him than the vulnerable people he mocks. The homeless are not less than Jesse Watters in the eyes of God who loves us all.
People say, they are "Pro-Life" but against helping BORN people.
Those people aren't "Pro-Life", they're just anti-choice.
Prolife is a very broad term. It includes all humans ...from Conception until natural death. Many churches have food pantries and do help the poor.
@@JoAnnFuir Might be. But most MAGA christians do focus on abortion and reject any social security measure!
Of course, help from the government is bad, the people most be made dependent on the mercy of so called "christians".
@@What_do_I_Think In the old days, people would help eachother. They didn't rely on the government for help. The Amish do not receive any help from the government. They help eachother. They have fundraisers to help raise money for medical bills. The Amish do not have health insurance or social security. They take care of their own. They have the right idea.
@@JoAnnFuir BS
Other western countries have social security and healthcare for basically everybody without falling into communism. You ppl are brainwashed.
You can not adapt the way of the Amish to a modern society living in big cities. If it would be possible, everybody would do it.
You are talking like right-wing radio.
Thank you, Reverend. Treating the sick, poor, homeless, and children as nonhumans is another core tenant of the prosperity gospel.
When my daughter was "10," she was in the hospital for 10 months. I had recently been divorced, so fortunately I had enough money from the divorce settlement to pay for some of the hospital bills. Years later I became homeless. It was extremely scary. I almost committed suicide. I was ashamed and embarrassed. However, I did choose to live for my children. I'm "76," now and my three children are highly successful, in all ways. Anyone who chastises another for being homeless is a vacant, shell of a human. When they use disparaging words towards another, they only shine a light on their own lack of humanity. This is a person who needs our prayers and compassion. They know not what they do...
Investment companies own over 10 million empty homes that they have priced out of range of working people.
We all should pray that Jesse's eyes are opened so he can see the world with new spiritual eyes. God bless us all.
Amen
I’ll bet his mom prays that every day.
We should remember more of what the Old Testament had to say about Nations, Poor leadership and, what befalls those nations, regimes that proved their evilness to the eyes of the world.
Jessie clearly does not know God. 🙏
When I was about six years old (think 1949) a horse-drawn wagon came down our alley driven by a man with very black skin. My mother explained God had made some people black and others ‘red’, ‘yellow’ or ‘white’. Other than that there was no difference. People, she said, should be judged by what kind of person they were. Hey, I was six, and my mother was never wrong, so that’s how I grew up seeing the world.
Your mother was very wise.❤
A very, very good lesson from your mother. It's too bad Progressives have totally upended that lesson, as they judge people solely by the color of their skin and never by the content of their character.
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So sad - I see the same thing here in B.C. - a family member died and we had a large celebration of life . There was lots of food left over and I asked if I could take it to the homeless tent city . I could not believe the comments and I was told definitely not. So much food was thrown away. Bags of buns, chips ,sandwiches went into the garbage. I lost all respect for the person who said no that day.
Maybe you could have said "Take it to some neighbors and friends" but we get you.
the person may be going through a stage of grief that lashes out . But I don’t get it at all.
Jesus said “Birds have nests, foxes have dens, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” So the home are really in God’s image.
The Trans Bathroom issues just highlights that the design of public restrooms are a travesty.
I once attended a seminary in a building where there was hallway of small "closets" containing just a toilet. These were small rooms the size of a walk-in closet with just the plumbing. No question of privacy for the occupant. No separate accommodations for Men / Women, so no issues of having enough stations broken down by who would be in the building.
Outside this hall were the sinks.
Bottom line... there are other options to do things the way they do.
BTW: "Nothing but drug addicts" are still somebody's child, somebody's sibling, possibly somebody's parent... often somebody who has seen atrocities in service to the defense of our country.
I studied propaganda as a psychology student in collage. One of the main ways to detect the worst kind of propaganda is to look for dehumanization of others. We are all human beings and deserve to live without fear of being who we are.
I know, right? We rank abstractions over expressions of humanity -- abstractions like "freedom," not understanding what soul sales have been made to get it.
My Adult ADD read “Jesus” instead of “Jesse.” All I could think was I am seeing from both sides now - they turned Jesus into MAGA & paved paradise to put up a parking lot. Grateful for all of you. Love & joy to all.
Stigmatizing Anybody is wrong especially the Homeless...Were I live at city council meetings some people blame the homeless for everything...The thing is under DT homelessness may skyrocket.. Tariffs will make Homeless... Thanks Rev Ed....God Bless 🕊️
If and when Trump begins messing with our established institutions... We will realize a significant increase in homelessness. Trump is incapable of making America great if,... He refuses to embrace all Americans as his Brothers and Sisters.
Trump has so much yet to learn of the realities of real human existence and life but, this is what happens when a nation elects the lowest common denominator, money, wealth and, expects a person with lots of it to become a worthy leader.
Do you think Jesse Waters ever heard the parable about the Sheep and the Goats? It's been a few years since I read the gospels, but I'm pretty sure there was something Jesus said to the effect of "I was sick, and you comforted me; naked, and you clothed me; hungry, and you fed me".
Denver has a significant amount of homeless people. In large part, they migrated to Colorado from other states. Maybe they heard that Colorado is one of the freest states in America. Perhaps they are seeking freedom and liberty. Just like the forefathers of this nation. I am proud of Colorado. Homes solve homelessness, Fox News does not (pass it on).
This is why there are so many homeless in California. The homeless move from cold winter states travel to the warm weather of Calif.
As a practicing pagan, I totally agree with your analysis, reverend Trevors. I believe we're all human beings who deserve respect, care and to be afforded the ability to live our lives with dignity. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳🥳👏👏👏👏
Only The Brightest and Most Positive of Blessings to you and yours, and So Mote It Be.
@@ZoAnne-lm3tb Brightest blessings to you and yours as well. So mote it be.
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Blessed be to you and yours
@@mr.mrs.d.7015 - Blessed be to you and yours as well.
A couple of decades ago I was discussing homelessness with someone I knew. He told me that people were homeless by choice. I said that that was ridiculous. He then accused me of being a "bleeding heart liberal". You are absolutely right. It is a timeless tactic.
Well he was a stony heart "conservative" so there.
'WOKE" is not a bad thing ,,, I am reminded of a line from Stevie Wonder's song 'Higher Ground': "SLEEPERS, JUST STOP SLEEPING".
I am proud to be woke, as I believe in being empathetic, inclusive, compassionate, and following Jesus.
Rev, although I am of a different denomination, I listen to you often, mostly agree with you and always learn something from you so thank you for sharing.
I am a senior, disabled homeless citizen in the state of Texas. I too often hear, you are homeless because you choose to be.” No!!! I did not choose to get old, to become disabled and unable to work or to become homeless!! It’s exhausting to fight against such criticism and judgement. Sure, maybe I made wrong choices, bad decisions but I also had some successes before reaching this state in life. I am a people person I honestly want to work!! On the other hand, my Christian beliefs are that everything happens for a reason and everything is for Gods honor and Glory. Although I don’t know or understand why I am going through this valley, I know God will bring me out in His time and will set me up on higher ground!! Amen!!
Thank you for sharing your story. Your words touch my heart! 🫂
God bless you on this journey. Have you contacted to local Salvation Army or St Vincent DePaul organization? I hope this next year brings you satisfying work, a cozy room, health, and joy. You’re in my prayers.
Thanks for the reminder! God bless you!🫂
@@libbycollins9349 Smaller communities have only the local churches who can provide social services but, as most of these I have observed are tied into the Evangelical movement, they dont't seem to be coming forward and lead by example and thanks for the blessings, God has given to them.
One ways.
Thank you for sharing．I want you always remember you are loved. May God hold you and walk beside you on this journey. Seek help! You can be the light of this world!
Jesse Watters reeks of "you can't arrest me, my dad's a lawyer" entitled frat boy energy.
Not part of the solution but a part of the problem...Watch America fail. sigh
@@ikeus685 Fail until it finally gets the idea of what it needs to succeed, the embrace of a benevolent, altruistic God who will not clear the stubbornly guilty.
"...whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me." Matthew 25:45
I think many people who bad mouth the homeless don't really understand they could be homeless in a heart beat. "If not for God, there goes me."
I gave up on organized religion years ago … never lost Faith or Love of Humanity. Today I found you, and Subscribed. I always look for Teachers💕
Thanks for using that quote. It’s one of my favorites. You’re not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body.
I had it explained that the body is the vehicle that helps your soul move around, so just like a car, do maintenance to your body so you get better mileage. SMH over Jesse's thought process about the homeless. No heart, no compassion. Good talk Rev Ed.
The only failures in life is anyone who would gleefully denegrate and demonize another human for any reason because they feel superior.
Everyone deserves a place to live. EVERYONE.
Waters mother uninvited her son to thanksgiving dinner due to his nasty nasty words…
Let's hope it convicts him and causes him to change!
Good for her!
She asked him not to spread false information. Obviously, ratings and money is more important to him than truth and compassion.
Happy Thanksgiving (in America) to all. John 4:34 - “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work."
Birds have nests, foxes have dens, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head, as Jesus said.
Amen to both comments!!
Last year Jessie whined about his $100. Thanksgiving turkey. Come to find out, it was a Trader Joes designer turkey. This year his own mother doesn't want to spend Thanksgiving with him.
"To those who have, much shall be required". What is Jesse doing to respond to others' needs?
I'd say nothing 😔
Nothing to make his mom proud.
Now I understand why Davis County, UT objects to having a homeless warming shelters in their cities.
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First let me say Happy Thanksgiving because I am responding to this Thanksgiving morning. When I was moving with the help of my youngest daughter from Montana where I had been in a nursing home for 2 years 2 St Louis where I was to live with my oldest daughter I said to my daughter that as a transgender person that if I was able to accomplish anything in those two years in the nursing home is that I was able to show the staff and other residents there that a transgender person is just that a person not someone to fear not someone to verify . The other thing I wanted to say this morning is that I am an avid reader of cop type novels. In one of the novels I don't remember which one if I did I would give a nod to the author but in the homicide department they had a banner up on the wall that said either everyone matters or no one matters meaning that no one is less than human and should be treated the same way as has everyone else. It is become my mantra in that everyone matters.
Most homeless I have met don't do drugs, don't drink. They got there because one thing went wrong. People who think they are "safe" are only one emergency away from being in the same spot. (I don't want to be negative and say some people may find out the hard way next year)
Reminds me of a story that someone told me once of a homeless man that went to a church for a service, and was turned away at the door. Someone at the door with him said "It's okay, I've been trying to get in for years!" Wonder who that was...
Cause gosh they haven't faced stigma before.🙄😡😢
Thank you again for your wisdom and compassion, Rev Ed.
“People who are experiencing homelessness” are still people……with or without homes, and deserve all that is needed for a decent existence. FDR had plans to implement a Second bill of rights, among which were: employment; adequate income for food, shelter and recreation; decent housing; adequate medical care; education, and others. They were to be called the economic bill of rights. Too bad we still have not reached for this more perfect union.
Your videos appeared out of the blue in my feed, though I'm not upset by this--I'm more surprised by how I'm beginning to reflect upon what I've been focusing on in regards to Christianity, Faith and even Jesus.
I still have a long way to go, I'll admit that, but I do think that I've been focusing on the wrong things.
In reality, compassion, understanding my fellow humans and hospitality seems to be more important to The Lord than denominations and outward image.
Thank you for your videos, they are pretty insightful in my opinion.
I'm giving thanks this year for God's bounty and grace. We are to love our neighbors as ourselves!
Amen
And amen again.
It's sad that rather than show love and compassion, some treat others so terribly. We are all God's children.
When will we let humans be human?
A co-worker of mine told me that the last time he went to his church, he was literally yelled at and was told to leave by his church leaders after mentioning that they should donate and gather food for the homeless for the holidays. And what's sad is that all the other members of his church went along with the church leaders. This is why Christianity is failing. This is why no one takes Christianity seriously or respects it.
Considering how many homeless in the US are veterans, and how much the right "loves and respects" veterans and active duty, one would think the right would be all over trying to do everything they can to help them. When people show you who they are, believe them.
I hear it's up to 30,000 nationally. As a veteran, this disturbs me.
@@steveclark8304 As the son of a Korean War era soldier (he died while in the service but not in combat), and the brother of three veterans, it disturbs me, too. When people like Watters dismisses/stigmatizes them, it enrages me.
@@steveclark8304 as a mother, it disturbs me.
A majority of US citizens are one paycheck away from homelessness. "He's not heavy; he's my brother."
You are absolutely correct! Most Americans are one step away from being homeless. Let's hope and pray for a better economy in the US.
@@JoAnnFuir The economy has been terrific the last few years, but with looming tariffs, we all better pray for the poor and almost poor.
The topic is of utmost importance. From the Jewish perspective, there are a number of levels of charity/giving -- and the highest form is providing someone with the abilities they need to maintain their lives. ("Teach a man to fish..." )
Created in G-D's image and "placed here." Yes, it goes back to Eden, and the Woman's arrival on the scene to HELP Adam realize why he was placed here. And within 48 hours, they were leaving Eden. And Eve gets a horrible rap throughout history for doing exactly what she was placed there for. Leading to a justification for male dominance and misogyny.
Once she got the wrong idea, her idea of help was twisted too. In practice, everyone who can should look out for everyone else who might not be able to. This came into realization with the post-Edenic life.
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 -- There was no wrong idea. The walking talking serpent -- who was very cunning (wise) reminded her of her mission, and how the tree was there. There was a world outside of Eden in need of repair. She knew that staying in Eden would make her and her children tzaddikim. One who does teshuvah is MUCH closer to G-D than a tzaddik. The serpent alluded to this. The woman wanted her children closer to G-D, and that could only happen outside Eden. That's why she didn't even spend 48 hours there -- and could EASILY convince Adam to recall his mission. (Having just been brought to life, she knew it -- and saw the means through that tree. The tree that G-D put there for that purpose.)
This Thanksgiving. I'm thankful that you, Fr Trevors, are a God send to all of us. Love and 💙 and peace ✌️ to you, Fr Trevors.
Rev, you are a treasure. Thank you.
The worst part is that more homeless are being created every day. More people not able to afford even the cheapest housing. The city I live in posted a story the other day saying more abandoned buildings were being turned into affordable housing. Their definition of affordable is over $1000 for a studio apartment. I have a decent job and if I paid that much for an apartment as a single person I would be living paycheck to paycheck even more than I already do. And stigmatizing homeless? They have always been stigmatized- anyone saying they are being glorified has obviously always lived a very privileged life.
I think that the problem began when we separated the humanity of Yeshua from His divinity. His humanity is a function of His divinity. And our humanity is a function of divinity. That's what it means to be created in the image of God.
There's that paradox of the human heart again. Astounding.
Amen! Thank you for this thoughtful reminder of the image in all of us.
Thank you for your words Rev. Ed. I so appreciate what you say. My heart weeps these days, seeing how people treat each other.
Matthew 8:20. They call Jesus their Lord and Savior, but denigrate the things Jesus was. They put Jesus on a pedestal too high to reach, but do the opposite of everything Jesus told them to do. They sing Jesus’ praises, but it all rings hollow.
We are a very small convent, with just two nuns in a small house with little space to share, but we continue to welcome homeless people to come and stay with us until they can get back up on their feet. If we, with little money and a house in need of repairs, can do this, why can’t they?
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@@victorialawhon2251 Walk your love of Jesus Christ for all the world to see.
May you life be a daily reflection of the Love you have for God in your own daily walk.
Thank you so much for helping those in need!
Such an arrangement is a blessing. There are other things than strictly personal homes that can be offered to the service of the Lord. Some of them are necessary institutions. But this doesn't diminish the use of personal homes when the person to be helped is pretty clearly on the up-and-up with their intentions.
My sister always says “God doesn’t make junk”.
^. ^ I don't understand how people can be so cruel and nasty. I met a woman from Shelter the other day. She ranted at me for fifteen minutes. I had to say that I did not have the solution to the problem. I know that people will die on the streets of Edinburgh this winter. I know what that is like because I was once homeless All I can do is maybe offer them some food Foxy pagan love fae Scotland VVxx
Your words thru the Holy Spirit convict me everytime I listen to you ..your message as seeing everyone as being made in the image of God and focusing time on taking care of people is what’s important as Christian’s ..is a much needed message in these end times
Jesus was homeless and an immigrant. I shudder to hear the hatred towards others from people who believe they are Christians.
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” comes to mind.
That guy is totally heartless, he should be ashamed of himself self. But he’s too cold hearted to be ashamed.
Too cold hearted to be a representative of any credible News organization.. Whoops... Fox fake news ! No wonder!
Meanwhile so many rich people have bedrooms they dont even use that could house a homeless family
I found myself homeless in late 2016 - yes, in part due to a situation of my own making. Slept for four months in a borrowed car; got a job with a guy who didn't care if I parked that car in his shop lot; saved and with some help from family, bought an old RV for 5k; then my mom died, my disabled wife had to move into the RV along with mom's cat. We lived in it until I managed to buy us our first house (we're both in our 50's) in late 2018. I'd moved into the RV the week before New Years of 16' and moved from the RV to the house the week before New Years of 18', go figure.
Things happen; and yes, sometimes addictions are in play, but for every one you assume wants no help, there are 19 like me. My boss gave me a job and didn't hold my homelessness against me; my family saw that I'd saved half of the 5k and between several of them loaning me the balance - oh, and I paid both of them back, too. Before buying this house I am sitting in now, today.
The first two years of videos on my YT channel were shot in that RV, FYI, so I have receipts.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone 🙏💖🙏
Happy Thanksgiving to you too!!😊🦃🙏
Opinions are like armpits. Everybody has them, and they all stink 🦨 !
Rev ED I whis our church leaders would do more of God's work like you!! Thank you!!❤
By the fruits of their labors will you know them......
There are a lot of quiet ones, but the loud mouths with their creepy pseudo Christianity get all the spotlight.
Textbook MAGA mentality. Scorn the people you have trespassed against.
Not any different from Kamala spending millions on celebrities and now that she has lost just fired her stuff without any pay. textbook socialist/communist mentality. It goes both ways.
Don't bother Trying to find common ground and work to improve relationshipsand better everyones lives by living in harmony with one another.
The rise and fall of civilazations can be found in the adhesion, solidarity of the people.
Tell us again how Trump could make America great?
It is looking like we will see this nation plunge from the Graces of the Divine with a government of haters.
Who would stand and support such wickedness???
@@ikeus685 Your comment alone stands for nothing but hate for the other side. Just projection. So you project your hate for them onto them.
There’s a catch 22 to anger with the MAGA mentality of dehumanizing others. We end up dehumanizing them, which is no better. I’m now beginning to understand what love your enemy truly means and how hard it is to follow the teachings of Christ. It’s much easier to hate and dehumanize.
Preach, my brother. Again eloquently said.
Jesses mother did not invite him to Thanksgiving. Tells you all you need to know about him.
I much prefer conservatives being honest about their disdain for the non-rich to their ‘we should help our own first’ lies. It simplifies politics when they just say what they actually believe.
Yeah, their own, who have enough riches to buy what they need (though, alas, never what they keep on wanting in spite of it).
And within the first 1:30 Rev. Trevors you have answered your own previous question as to whether or not the Pope was right when he said we all worship the same God but with different names and styles 😊❤
I enjoy listening to your show. Happy thanksgiving.
Rev Ed, you might find "Soft White Underbelly" something of interest. Primarily done in CA and KY with locals living in poverty and homelessness.
I always remember that, early in "Image Comics" history, three of their big line up characters were all Homeless Characters; Spawn, Shadowhawk, and The Maxx.
Your videos and perspectives give me hope. I had / have become so disillusioned with organized religion. I am so excited to have found your “channel”. I have hope again.
Dehumanize another and you only dehumanize yourself, becoming a hateful monster instead of a loving being.
Giving thanks today.
Jesse watters is right! Just forget the homeless; they’re useless… and forget people with disabilities; what do they contribute anyway, and forget vets who are disfigured; they’re not nice to look at, forget starving children; they can’t hold a real job. Who needs compassion… that’s something for the weak… and Jesus. 😞🙏
You're right. We must fight the woke mind virus! The woke mob even tries to infiltrate the Bible. Just look what they've done to the Mountain Sermon!
(sarcasm off)
I became homeless 14 days ago. The home I was renting for 18 years was sold. I work for a major IVY League University and still manage to get to work on time Monday-Fri. The housing costs are so high I am struggling to find a place. It is 2,200 a month just for a 1 bedroom and many have waiting lists, some 2-5 years. I am actually appalled the way homeless people are treated. I went to many agency's and well known charity's and all they could offer me is a tent and sleeping bag. I just want a warm place to sleep. I am not an alcoholic or drug addict. I just want to work and have a stable place to come home to at the end of the work day.
I hope you find affordable housing soon. God Bless You and Protect You.
Thank you for this message, Rev. Ed 💗🙏💗 Love this channel supporting all of us centering on Love & Compassion.😊
Thankyou and Happy Thanksgiving from Virginia.✝❤🙏
Thank You Rev. 😇
We all make choices. We see people who were so tempted by money they sold what was what is the heart of their humanity, their souls.
“Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast,
And each will wrestle for the mastery there.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust
Cruelty is the point. And who DOES call the homeless heroes? Jesse Watters has failed at life!
" The poor will always be amongst us" Jesus said,this is where we will find Him amongst the poor.
I learned not to enable negative reinforcing behaviors. To enable them gives them no reason to change and so the cycle continues.
I am not responsible for the actions of others, only my actions and responses.
Happy Thanksgiving to All,Thank you Rev
Happy Thanksgiving, luv!!🦃
If people really, truly knew who we ALL really are, things would be so much better because we wouldn't be able to divide anyone into "other". We wouldn't be able to do what Jesse Watters did around the issue of homeless human beings. At the core of our "Being" is unconditional love, acceptance, compassion, non judgement. When we know we who really are, we know who everyone else really is, we share the same "Being". That shared Being IS "God". "God" is not a "being", not a separate entity out there somewhere that controls everything like a "parent" figure. Until people know who they really are, for many of them, there is an intuition of what we have forgotten, what became hidden and people search for what has been seemingly "lost". This "lostness" is due to all of our worldly conditioning and the egoic minds activities which cloud the Truth of our Being. What people are searching for is their "True Nature", the True essence of "I", a coming home to one's "True Self". This "Self" is not singular, not the mind identified "me" that most people take themselves to be. It is entirely free of all of the egoic minds identifications and activities and at the same time, it includes all of it. This realization of who we really are is what the word "God" points to even though the word is now too loaded to be really meaningful. "God", as a label, could be said to be the light of pure Awareness/Consciousness of which we are all an expression, without which, there would be nothing. The truth is that humans developed the ideas of "Gods", they developed the systems of religions and did it with human imagery, with human emotions in an attempt to make sense of what has been "lost/forgotten". Unfortunately, these systems of religions, all of the various "Gods" and beliefs therein, have, more often than not, been about collecting more power and wealth, about control of others, in the service of "ego". For the most part, they have not been in the service of "Truth". This is what I saw, what I "remembered" after a profound NDE. The NDE was a return to Pure Awareness, Wholeness. Everything human fell away, ALL of it. What I brought back from the NDE, I have attempted to share here, even though words, at best, are just pointers. Who we ALL really are, is Love.
Rev. Trevors, you are a genuine prophet! Thanks for speaking truth to power.
Thank you 🙏🏻
I grew up in a middle-class family in the mid-west. Then I found myself living in a poor and dangerous neighborhood in Brooklyn. The culture shock was intense. So many things I saw left me slack-jawed and befuddled. I had never seen poverty like that, didn't think the US had poverty like that. Homeless, druggies, beggars... It was horrible. Understand, NY has many wonderful and amazing aspects as well - I bring it up because we're talking about those who are not surviving.
You wonder how I ended up there. I was a college student. So I had a loving family. I had a home far away where people don't get shot. My time in Brooklyn was not permanent and I would soon be back where people are polite and the streets are clean. I got my degree and I left. But those people are still there. They can't leave. I did nothing for them, nothing of any lasting value. I just took care of myself. It was a test and I failed it - not even realizing it was a test. "Their" problem looked so monumental and so much like NY's problem, not my problem.
It's so easy as a student to worry about passing an exam while ignoring someone who's hungry. Your life is right up in your face. What's happing in someone's life, someone you don't even know is... invisible. I should have something wise to say now after all these words. Maybe it will come to me later. How can you see beyond your own privet world?
Easy there! Not so hard on yourself. You learned something that you can use to show kindness and love to others now and in the future. That’s what counts. Maybe God stuck you in that neighborhood to learn that lesson. I get to volunteer weekly at a foodshelf, where I can pass along acts of kindness and encouragement. It’s the best day of my week.
@@libbycollins9349 Thank you for your kindness.
Jesus started life as a homeless baby in a barn.
And as the child of immigrants.