The Guy on the Corner - by Richard Croix

I know you have all seen the Guy on the Corner holding a sign, or just asking for change. Well this weekend I was the Guy on the Corner. As car after car passed by very few even acknowledged my existence. Most of you who did could of cared less about "the Guy on the Corner." Instead of thinking of helping or look of compassion most just gave judgmental looks, shakes of the head in disgust, some even pointed, and laughed.

Talking about hurt, the lack of compassion in my fellow men and women actually brought me to tears. We are so quick to send food, help, money, clothes, and other things thousands of miles away yet we do nothing in our own country. Many of you see us everyday walking around, nothing to do, nowhere to go, but instead of helping - you just turn your heads and walk away. "Why?", I ask myself, have we become blinded by self righteousness to see that we exist as human beings.

Our society has gotten to the point that who you are doesn't matter, but what you drive, wear, eat, and how much you make, is what defines you as a human being. If you don't have a car, or lots of money your life doesn't matter. At least not as much as the guy with the Benz and a wallet full of plastic. It said that, "all men are created equal" and that "no man shall judge another lest he be judged." So, if we believe or trust in God like we say we do then why is there so many just like me hurt and with the feelings of inferiority.

Our own government says "One nation under God," but is that believed or practiced? I say not! No it is not, because we sit and lie to ourselves daily by ignoring the problem in front of us. We cover it up by sending stuff to Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, and anywhere else. Not that theses people don't deserve our help (and I'm glad to be able to help them). But eventually, at some point if we don't fix the walls of our own home our own house will fall.

So many are in our very own streets holdings signs, begging, starving, and homeless. Yes, some may have done this to themselves but that is for God to judge, not anyone else. In this time, with the economy the way it is, anyone could be the next "Guy on the Corner". Seeing all the hurting and grieving people makes my heart bleed. Especially when I hear that billions of dollars have been set aside to put a nuclear sub at Mayport, Jacksonville.

Can you imagine it was either billions or trillions of dollars that they have ready to spend on this project. Wow! I mean obviously this nuke sub has a place already. Then why waste money that could potentially save lots of lives? Instead we will spend money to make Mayport a high priority place to attack during a time of war. I wonder how many people you could get off the streets with just a billion dollars?

The really sad thought is that we all pride ourselves on being a nation that stands on the fact that we trust in God. That to me is a joke! If it where true and so many supposed 'Christians', or just believers of any religion, stood for their supposed beliefs I wouldn't have walked away with tears in my eyes. With the feeling like I was judged to be beneath those I was asking for help.

It says in the Bible, "..the least you do to my children, you also do to me." So in writing this, I ask you the next time you see the "Guy on the Corner", look deep inside yourself and ask yourself, "Am I any different? Am I anymore of a human being in life because of my material status?" I promise you this much, that no matter what your answer is or your status, one day we will all stand in the same line.

A Questionable Reality...

A reminder to the faithful and the elite...

Corinthians ch.10:8-13

"We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing He will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it."

Because all of our sins have been warned to us, we should be clear on what is right and what is wrong. Mankind has been warned throughout the ages of the price of giving in to immorality. The Roman satirical poet, Juvenal, denounced corruption in society and government. One of his more famous quotes is,

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" or "Who will watch the watchers?"

The answer in our corrupt and immoral modern society to Juvenal's question is simply,

Destruction...

-Aramal Malik

How America affects the world

One time some of us at INVHALO, went to a presidential campaign rally for Rudy Giuliani. We were there trying to support the Fair Tax project. Of course, Mr. Giuliani didn't support the idea of Fair Tax, and was rather dismissive to it. He replied to the crowd that Americans should stop believing that the world is a horrible place. Stating to us that the world we presently live in is good and is the best that we as a species has ever seen. Rudy Giuliani said to everyone there, that America and the entire world didn't need raticle thoughts or change...

If you look at this picture it shows a child who had just collapsed on the brink of death from starvation, in the Sudan. Not far behind this child is a vulture waiting to have its meal.
This picture was taken in 1993 in the Sudan by photographer Kevin Carter.
Shortly after winning an award for his photos on South African atrocities...

Kevin Carter committed suicide due to this photo and many others he had to take.

So, my message is to people like Rudy Guiliani...
"Take a good look at this picture, and tell the world how great it is today. Then take a lesson from Kevin Carter and tell this now dead child that you are sorry for not helping him."

We are damned and saved for what we do and what we haven't done.

DAMN YOU MR. GUILIANI FOR BELIEVING THE WORLD IS O.K.