05/29/2026
No one sets out to be an alcoholic or an addict. No one decides to be homeless or makes it their goal, but it happens. For every person that it happens to there is a story. Some end up with a happy ending, others not so happy. The story I share with you today isn't over. Maybe prayer will intercede in this man's life. Yesterday, while sitting in the office, a guy came in and asked if it would be okay if he told that guy out there that he stinks and he needs a shower. He did use different words that I won't use here. A little bit later another person came in to complain about the guy. The guy in question isn't a regular and hos on been here a few times recently. Sami, our site manager, said she would check on him. She went out there and came back to get him a towel, washcloth, and soap for a shower. I asked if he agreed she said yes but he said he didn't want to take his socks off because he had frost bite over the winter. She told him no problem we'll get you new socks and shoes to go along with a t shirt and pants. She gave the guy his cloths and started to get a tub ready so that he could soak his feet before a shower. She went back to ask him something and he was taking off his sock and his toes fell off. His foot was black from where his toes were to halfway to his heel. Not dark, or gray but black. The smell people were complaining about was his rotting foot. Sami came back into the office and told me she wanted to call a squad I told her to go ahead. The squad took the man to the hospital. I saw the man's foot and next time I see it he won't have it. He will still have his life though. It reminds me of Genesis 50:20 "You intended it to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." In this case one life. The people that complained were not necessarily trying to harm the guy, but they weren't coming to us for his welfare either. God was guiding him. Had he not come to us he may not have ever had it looked which would have ended his story on a worse note. God bless.
