The Homeless

Philip Yancey's periodic article on Christianity Today for December is worth reading. Then again, I think most of his writings are worth reading.

The homeless have a special place in my heart. It is fueled by songs such as Rich Mullins' You Did Not Have A Home (quoted only in part):

Oh you did not have a home
There were places you visited frequently
You took off your shoes and scratched your feet
'Cause you knew that the whole world belonged to the meek
But you did not have a home

You had no stones to throw
You came without an axe to grind
You did not toe the party line
No wonder sight came to the blind
You had no stones to throw

Birds have nests
Foxes have dens
But the hope of the whole world
rests on the shoulders of a homeless man
You have the shoulders of a homeless man
No you did not have a home