What's the point?

I asked myself for several years, with all this pain and suffering, what's the point? What is the point to all this? You live, learn, love, hurt, die and then there's nothing left. As a child, I believed in God. As an adult I had become estranged to God in many respects. But the reality is, after my suicide attempts I was left looking at everything and wondering, What's the point?

Yes, I was having an existential crisis. A lot of people do. Some go out and buy expensive cars. Others, well I guess we finally find the truth.

Helping the Homeless Honors God

 Going through my daily life, and with Christ, one thing that continually bugs me is that I live in supposedly one of the wealthiest nations on earth, and yet homelessness is a major problem. 

Sure, some people choose to be homeless (it's complicated) and that kind of works for them for part of the year, but unless they're migrating during the seasons, many of these perpetually homeless people are waiting for the next extreme weather event. By extreme, we're talking hypothermic or hyperthermic conditions. Freezing or cooking. Some people don't choose to be homeless. It takes one significant medical emergency and aftercare that sees them lose their job / career, their house and then they're either in a car, or straight on the street. Some folk lose it all in a disaster. Be that natural or man made. And many don't have family members who they can call upon for one reason or another.