Faces of Addiction

Here is the work of a man who is trying to get to know those that many tend to avoid. It's challenging to think about the fact that there are people who try to make a change simply by developing relationships. It's so easy to walk passed people whom we feel we cannot help or change. But sometimes, the only thing that a person needs is to be heard.

His name is Chris Arnade and his project is called, you guessed it: Faces of Addiction.

But then, I am challenged with Scriptures such as these:

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? (James 2:15-16, NIV)
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Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. (James 1:27, NIV)
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“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? (Isaiah 58:7-6, NIV -- read in context)
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Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. (Hebrews 13:3, NIV)
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I [Christ] was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ (Matthew 25:36 ESV)

How then, am I supposed to respond?? I can't feed every single person, nor can I clothe each one of them. And, getting to know these people seems like committing to relationship building I do not have time or money to invest in just now. I am just a broke student with ideals, no money and a life of uncertainty ahead of her... How does one live out these Truths and instructions with so little to offer; so little resources?

Lord willing, in God's timing, an answer to this question will be made. Stay tuned as I try to stay in tune...