A man named Virgil mixes in the circles of homeless folks who often cross paths with me. Virgil himself was homeless until recently when he started staying at his brother's apartment.
This afternoon I saw Virgil. He was talking with a couple of homeless men, one of whom here I'll call "Eduardo." Someone in the midst of them offered a free jacket to whoever wanted it amongst them. Virgil grabbed it. However, after he had grasped it, he realized that Eduardo had been reaching for it at the same time. Virgil took the jacket and draped it over Eduardo's shoulders. Virgil was giving it to Eduardo to keep, and was loving his neighbor as himself,* just as Jesus directed us to do.
* Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14
This afternoon I saw Virgil. He was talking with a couple of homeless men, one of whom here I'll call "Eduardo." Someone in the midst of them offered a free jacket to whoever wanted it amongst them. Virgil grabbed it. However, after he had grasped it, he realized that Eduardo had been reaching for it at the same time. Virgil took the jacket and draped it over Eduardo's shoulders. Virgil was giving it to Eduardo to keep, and was loving his neighbor as himself,* just as Jesus directed us to do.
* Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14
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