It was a cold Sunday morning when members started arriving at church, snow flakes had
just fallen, people were rushing in to get inside. To the warmth, to the dry sanctuary.
As the members were walking in they were astonished to see a homeless person laying on
the sidewalk by the front door. He was bent over all covered up with an old black trench
coat, that had many holes in it. His shoes had holes in it and you could see his socks
filthy from months of grime on them. The man had a black hat on that covered his face. His
hands filthy with dirt from probably digging in a garbage can some thought.
As the members made their way into the sanctuary, they were all discussing how this
horrible filthy man, had the nerve to sleep at THEIR church doors! Finally the pianist
started playing and the members all sat down in their seats. They were all looking around,
wondering where the Pastor could be. You could hear people whispering, saying,
"Pastor Joe is probably telling that homeless man he needs to leave the
property." "What would visitors think if they seen him."
All of a sudden, you could hear a gasp! The homeless man was walking down the middle of
the church aisle, he made his way to the front, and then to the platform!!! When the
homeless man got to the microphone. He said "Good morning, how are you all?" The
homeless man was their Pastor Joe! Not a word was said, no one moved all around. Even the
pianist stopped playing.
Then Pastor Joe said, "Did any of you see Jesus outside this morning?"
"He was cold, He was dirty, His clothes were filthy!" However no one asked Him
into HIS house."
