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Dear Lord:

Thank you for the food we are about to receive. Bless those who have, and bless those who have not. Amen.

My walk with God has been strong, but it has been stronger, and lately, I've been wanting more. Not from him, because he gives me everything I need, but more from myself. I want to be more receptive to his word, and more open to go where he is leading me. Sunday morning at church, my pastor was preaching a wonderful sermon. After he was finished with his message, he asked the elders of the church to come to the front and that any member who wanted healing could come to the front. I prayed for a better understanding of when God was speaking to me, and also to be less stubborn and go where he was sending me.

That evening, my children were praying over their dinner, as we always do. The prayer that they prayed was

"Dear Lord:

Thank you for the food we are about to receive. Bless those who have, and bless those who have not. Amen."

I have heard this prayer many times over the past two years, and before, I just went on with business as usual. But this evening, I had a thought. This thought could have only come from God. This thought was:

How?

How do we bless those who have not?

I asked my children this question, and they gave some great answers, like feeding them, and giving them shelter. If I have the opportunity to do the latter, I definitely will, I try and do the former whenever I can.

The way that I would like to help those who have not is to give what I do have. I am going to gather as many blankets and coats as I possibly can, and then this November, I am going to go downtown and donate them to the homeless. I am also going to deposit money into an account every payday, and in November, take that money and buy food gift cards and donate them as well.  When I say donate, I don't mean stop off at the Salvation Army and drop them off, either. I mean I want to go to the streets, where the homeless are laying with no shelter, and give it to them directly. I want to give to them who have not. And I want you to help.

I am going to start up a charity called Have Not. I will need help building the website, because I know nothing of building websites on a large scale. I have done the little lycos pages, but nothing significant. This will be an opportunity for people around the country to give some relief to the homeless.

I don't know when the site will be up, and I don't know how successful it will be. I just know that I will be doing the best that I can to help out those who Have Not.