Hell, it's hard enough to find good things anymore.
Everyone seems in it for themselves and to a large degree it's pretty true. We take care of ourselves and our own first ... and while maybe we'll get around to others ... we rarely do.
There's this woman who comes to Bar Church when she can make it, which isn't very often because she works Sundays in the produce section of a grocery store. It's not a full time job but she manages to pay the rent, eat and join her friends sometimes for drinks.
She's content until her daughter dies.
Then all Hell breaks loose as only Hell can do.
She broke ...is overwhelmed ... questions God relentlessly ... wonders how to get the money to attend the funeral in another state ... and find out who her friends are.
Riding her bicycle home from work, Bar Church arranges to meet her ... though she had no idea why ... but if consolation is what they're offering ... she's desperate need.
What happened next is ... boxes of food are unloaded inside her tiny one-room efficiency apartment ... lots of hugs are delivered ... dry shoulders grow wet as she sobs ... then she collects herself to sling wet words in gulps, "Why are you doing this? I didn't think anybody cares ... I can never pay you back."
The words sink into a deep Ocean of sadness and hurt.
"We love ya," is the reply, "and in spite of the shitness of it all, "God does too and's relying on us to let you know."
Like her Bar Church can use a little help right now to continue showing God loves people in spite of sometimes terrible circumstances.
You can made an investment in spreading God's love on an island at https://www.gofundme.com/tybeebarchurch
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