I am human too.

Day 10. 

     Today, I want to address a conviction of mine. Since I have started my project, I have been telling people what they are doing wrong and what they can do to make it better. I have rarely included myself in these posts. Why do I do that? For a second I wondered if it was pride. Then I realized it wasn't pride, but a passion for action.

     Though I don't always include myself in my posts, while I write them I continually ask myself, are you doing enough? Do you always help when you see people in need? The answer is no, I don't. I am human, just as much as everyone else. In fact, I was riding home from Steak and Shake Sunday night and saw a woman in the side of the road with a "help me" sign. My friend asked if I wanted to stop, and I said,

"No, I don't have time, they are way over there, and I don't have anything to give them."

     Could I have stopped? Easily. Did I have time? I had plenty. Did I really not have anything to give? I had my debit card, which at that point had more than enough money on it to go buy the woman a burger.

     I am human, and so are you. I failed. But instead of just ignoring it, I let it teach me something. None of us can do the right thing ALL the time. We can try, but in the end, we aren't Jesus. My parents tell me all the time that I can't judge the condition of someone's heart, and they can't judge mine. I understand that the probability of us helping every homeless person we see is extremely low, and that's ok! I'm not doing this project to condemn, I'm doing it to get us to question the condition of our hearts. What is the true reason we may not help someone? Maybe it's because we really don't have the time or money. Maybe it's because we just don't care. Maybe it's because we feel something else is more important. I encourage you to search your heart and find out the true reason.