The Seeker
Robert Dawson
Luke 15
Just off the shores of the Bronx in NY is a small 101-acre island, Hart island. Hart island has an interesting history. It was used as a Civil War Prison, a lunatic asylum, a tuberculosis hospital and a boy's reformatory (juvenile prison).
Since 1869, Hart island has also served as NY City's Potter's field, the largest in the country. Inmates from Riker's Island work from Tuesday to Friday digging 10ft deep and 70ft long trenches into which they will place 150 caskets of adults or 1,000 infants. They bury around 1500 per year. They estimate the number buried on this small island to be around 1 million.
Who are these people being buried on this island? Sadly, for many, no one really knows or cares. It is a massive graveyard for the poor or most often unwanted, unknown and unclaimed. It is the people who died in the street, park, alley or alone in a home/apartment. It's the homeless, the addicts, forgotten elderly and prostitutes.
They are uncared for in death and life. Rather than warmth and love they experienced disdain at best or indifference at worst.
1. They were not valued in life and discarded in death.
2. They were lost things that no one ever searched for.
What many of these were in death, forgotten, unloved, unwanted and deemed to have no value is how many people feel in life, part of sin's effect on our lives.
1. Those feelings are not reserved for the homeless, addicts or drunkards in the street.
2. Those feelings are shared by the students that walk the hallways of our high schools, those you work with, who serve you at restaurants and stores and even by those who frequent places of worship.
I have learned, even though someone's life may look as if everything is in place there can be absolute turmoil on the inside.
There are broken and hurting people all around us.
1. They feel misunderstood, forgotten and lost.
2. They struggle to believe anyone cares and deep down wonder if anyo ...
Robert Dawson
Luke 15
Just off the shores of the Bronx in NY is a small 101-acre island, Hart island. Hart island has an interesting history. It was used as a Civil War Prison, a lunatic asylum, a tuberculosis hospital and a boy's reformatory (juvenile prison).
Since 1869, Hart island has also served as NY City's Potter's field, the largest in the country. Inmates from Riker's Island work from Tuesday to Friday digging 10ft deep and 70ft long trenches into which they will place 150 caskets of adults or 1,000 infants. They bury around 1500 per year. They estimate the number buried on this small island to be around 1 million.
Who are these people being buried on this island? Sadly, for many, no one really knows or cares. It is a massive graveyard for the poor or most often unwanted, unknown and unclaimed. It is the people who died in the street, park, alley or alone in a home/apartment. It's the homeless, the addicts, forgotten elderly and prostitutes.
They are uncared for in death and life. Rather than warmth and love they experienced disdain at best or indifference at worst.
1. They were not valued in life and discarded in death.
2. They were lost things that no one ever searched for.
What many of these were in death, forgotten, unloved, unwanted and deemed to have no value is how many people feel in life, part of sin's effect on our lives.
1. Those feelings are not reserved for the homeless, addicts or drunkards in the street.
2. Those feelings are shared by the students that walk the hallways of our high schools, those you work with, who serve you at restaurants and stores and even by those who frequent places of worship.
I have learned, even though someone's life may look as if everything is in place there can be absolute turmoil on the inside.
There are broken and hurting people all around us.
1. They feel misunderstood, forgotten and lost.
2. They struggle to believe anyone cares and deep down wonder if anyo ...
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