I have come to the place in my life to give up, resign and grow into ” normal ” living. After all these years I am now working to find my spot in society. This requires a change in the way I view this life and process it. The “homeless” view of life can be very different from the norm and is a subculture with its own ways. I begin by trading in rebellion for compliance. This requires me to shift from living as I please to living by the rules.
“To encounter Jesus in life should be like touching heaven, and that should change the way we live here on earth.” – Matthew Kelly –
I knew that Jesus Christ was a person like me who lived and died like we all do. What I was missing was not faith but obedience to my faith. This was the requirement on my part to live “by the rules” and satisfy the faith given by God. That is correct. Even the God-given faith I have is a gift. A gift beyond any gift I have received in this life. This gift of faith is life, and I am learning to cling to it. Why? It is so precious and valued beyond value that I should learn from faith and faith alone. This faith is Jesus Christ if I were to define it for myself.
The beauty in my life is that Jesus Christ has set me free. No longer under the supervision of the Law of God, but rather the Love of Grace. This has led me to shift from homeless to having a home, a place, in heaven. Not only heaven but here as well. How does one go from homeless to home in a day? I had to forsake and give up the false security I had using substances in an effort to ease the burden of homeless thinking. I had to give up the drugs. 90 percent of the homeless population are drug users, whether addicted to them or not. This is a percentage I determined, and factual percentage will be different but not by much. I am sober today, a beautiful fact in my personal life. I can’t wait to make known. Thanks to my gift of faith.
It Could Happen ! 
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