Round & Round

Through the years as I have spent time in a variety of environments with people who are extremely poor or homeless and heard they use the phrase "What goes around comes around." It is one of the most common sayings of the homeless. They don't mean the round and round that Marsha loved form the picture. Marsha thought having a child to give her an excuse to ride the merry-go-round was fantastic. I think Marsha also understood what the homeless were saying. So often we hear that we get more than we give. I'm not sure the homeless have any understanding of the economy of grace. Many have not been in a church or read the Bible or found a relationship with Christ, but they do know that giving even some of the tiny amount of resources they have will be honored by those who receive the gift. They really share. The greatest difficulties that I found between the needy was when one of them would not share. Why does the church have such difficulty understanding or at least difficulty living what those with almost nothing to share find routine. I have always been so proud of Marsha because she lived a life that looked out at the needs of others before she looked inward at her own desires. She didn't live like that to get any reward from others, but she was admired and respected by so many because she knew in her heart "What goes around comes around."