Saturday, December 22, 2001
Saturday, December 22, 2001
Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come
home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.
Ernest showed that there was another side to homelessness beyond physical
hardships. Homelessness also embraced issues of emotions, hurts and brokenness at
their deepest and most basic levels.
As those who have worked with the homeless have discovered, homelessness is not
just "houselessness." Ernest demonstrated this fact. Something had broken deep inside
Ernest. Lance Morrow claimed that one of the things that had become dislodged in him
were those instruments and charts necessary to find his way home.
Don't lose your way home. Jesus can show you the way.
(Psalm 126:6
NRSV)
In an essay for TIME magazine, Lance Morrow reflected on the mystery of "home." He
told about a man named Ernest who lived in a park outside of Phoenix. Ernest showed
Lance Morrow how he had made his home out of cardboard boxes. He interlocked the
boxes in an ingenious manner so that they kept out the cold Arizona nights. Although
the boxes were not a dream house, they had many of the attributes of home. The boxes
were safe and warm, even cozy. Like homes everywhere, they allowed Ernest private
space to keep some things secret. Lance Morrow underscored the tragedy of Ernest's
story by saying that he had once been a trusted engineer for Boeing, Inc.
Dear God, show me the way to my true home. Amen.
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