If you lost your job .. house .. and everything else .. and became homeless .. what would you do ?

Question

Would you go downtown and ask for "some change" .. or would you just wait for God to help you ?

Remember .. today we have a house .. and some money .. and a car .. but tomorrow we can be like those homeless people driving supermarket trolleys .. that many despise and avoid .

Food for thought .

Answer 1

Well, I don't think I would have to beg.  First I would take into account what I do have.  

My health?  I'm hardly ever sick.  (thank goodness if I don't have the money for health insurance if I've lost everything).

My education?  Yes, I have a great education.  

My driver's license?  Yes, I know how to drive (even though I may not have a car)

My faith?  Yes, I believe God is always with me, even in bad times.

Family?  No, I have no blood relatives, but I have a faith community - my support group?  YES

Would I look for any kind of work?  Of course...and I was taught that nothing was above me...in other words, if you need the money you do something!  anything! that is legal and moral to the way I was raised.

As I worked at that job, I would keep looking for a better job.  I give thanks for what I do have.  An attitude of gratitude goes a long way.  

Do for others - acts of kindness - live the Gospel and you'll be happy.

Answer 2

first,believe that God will help.

last, make a survival efforts to get some food for daily intake to renew your energy(ies) spent.

go to the nearest (mentally&physically) relative/s to get some job/s from them. if this fail, try to find your nearest friend/s for the same purpose. when you get this job, its God's help conserve this/these to make a better future.

Answer 3

Hunt, Gather, pray, build shelter, find shelter and be thankful that my voice can be heard and that my body can function.

   ....  Idle hands are the devils playground.

Answer 4

If it was today, in the summer, I would try to find a place to sleep, any place even if under a bridge, and then I would try to find some work, anything, clean houses, pick up dog do do, anything, then I would resort to asking for help, going to where ever  I could find a shelter, now....if it was in the winter, I would just sit down and cry and cry and cry...I hate the cold, I most likely would just turn to dirt along with the rest of the winter dirt...and hope someone would find a place to bury me ole' bones.   As for God, he is always there at hand, but I am sure I would lose my way and well, do like most folks do...blame the poor ole guy for what happened instead of thanking him for what was once a wonderful life and gift from above.

Answer 5

I think I would fall back on family and friends and I would try and build my way back up...I would never give up and I would always try and strive for success

Answer 6

I am in debt and I have no job. In a few weeks I have to move out of where I live. Also the car I have is breaking down. I don't know where i'll be going. I have no belongings besides this laptops and clothes. I suppose i'll just have to start a new life somewhere.

Answer 7

I would probably freak out and rant and rail, but I hope after all that I would calm down and learn to accept it as just another test in life, just another situation that is giving me the opportunity to grow and learn.

Answer 8

I would try with all my might and power to get a new job and start from scratch again.

If I'm really just screwed and can't start over no matter how much I try, killing myself would also be a nice option.

Answer 9

The law of cause and effect applies to us all, rich, poor, young, or old.

We all have the ability to choose (volition).

Many live life with courage and many do not.

The seven aspects to character are, Courage, Intuition, Knowledge, Understanding, Counsel, Worship , and Wisdom. There is no wisdom without worship.

Answer 10

well these things really happends to me just last year, but thanks to God and glory be unto him forever that He gave me more than those things in many folds today. for my God is so true and alive. so great and so loving, merciful ang gracious that He really hears prayers. He is so faithful by his promises upon us.

Answer 11

go to a family or friends house or turn to salvation army.

Answer 12

Hmmm... let's see.

I could beg, be a g*y prostitute OR vote Democrat.

Boy, have to go with begging or prostitution.

Man's got to have a LITTLE pride.

Answer 13

been there done that ....lost all the material things.....job house we was renting...stole our stuff outta storage....But I can honestly say that we held onto our Faith in Jesus and He provided....not the greatest, but enough to have a little christmas, a place, a new job, and got a used car..... and now we are so firm in living by miriacles of Jesus  nothing else matters..... we are so blessed

Answer 14

I would do exactly as I have done.

I began again.  Ate food out of garbage.  Slept in parks.  I found  support groups, accepted their help and began again.  From the bottom.

Today I live in a nice apartment and am back on my feet.

I did not stay there.

I did not beg.

I began again.

Answer 15

I would go to a homeless shelter,and seek help, go to the unemployment office and seek help,go to a govenment office and seek general relief,and go toany of my friends who I let stay at my place when they didn't have a place to stay and seek help.

I would eventually get back on my feet and start all over again.

I do not despise homeless people, I despise gang members and stupid thugs/pedphiles,rapists who commit heinous acts of inhumanity against others

Answer 16

I did. I never asked for a handout. Although a Catholic soup kitchen really helped. It took a long time, but I got back on my feet through hard work, and not feeling sorry for myself.

Answer 17

Honestly, I will try my best to serve a good husband and let him keep me with his litlle shelter. To feel motivated with some direction in life though. I will try to be beautiful for him inside and outside.

It is maybe everything I lost but I still have myself and my abilities or other potentials that can be used for building another way of living. Hopefully..^^

With a little resourcefulness to find other ways or options in life maybe.

Answer 18

being serious- i think i would beg for some crack or some change to get some crack bcause if i were in that sh*t of a situation i would try to escape my problems.

Answer 19

Yes I know what you are saying here I always think like that when I see poor homeless people I get so sad to see them in the streets sitting on street sidewalks and begging for money with no place to go I think how did they get there do they not have family and friends to turn to so sad...................

First and most important we must have God in our lives and good friends and Family as well to turn to in crisis there is always a way out if we put it in God's hands............

We must always be humble to always be humble and God will light our path no matter what our circumstances in life :))))

Answer 20

What i would do, is find a job in a restaurant and would apply for the Dish washer job, and when I have been working there for a Mo. I would apply for the position in being a cook, since I am a good darn Cook.

What i would not do is standing in a corner and putting my hand out for any coins People would give me, that to me is an embarrasment.

Answer 21

you can ask God to help you but he also wants you to help yourself as well so that would be by Getting a Job!

Answer 22

I have, personally, never despised nor avoided "them".    There is NO "them" vs. "us".  

You [per se] would be utterly surprised to know how many decent, hard-working, law-abiding, and otherwise upstanding citizens [and their families] in this country are living on the precarious brink of an ever-threatening disaster and are essentially a few paychecks [or a major illness] away from the unfortunate scenario that you've described here.  

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***Edit***:  

BRAVO "Temple" - for your courage, your indomitable spirit, and your inspired answer.   Best to you always, my friend.

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Answer 23

I will look for another job immediately and CONTINUE thinking how to make my life better....starting from 0 and have nothing to lose.

time cannot wait and God will not offer me any service that I can do myself...and I hate waiting.

help yourself and welcome again.

Answer 24

I don't think anyone can say how they would react to that degree of calamity.  I sure can't.  Knowing me, though, I don't think I would just sit there and expect God to rescue me.  I'd be doing my best to fix the situation for myself.  On the other hand, I may sit and feel sorry for myself before I got up and did something about it.  But I think I would eventually get up and help myself.  

I must say too, I believe that most of those folks are homeless because of how they think of themselves.  If one has no self esteem, and expects life to suck, then bad things are apt to happen to one.  I've never felt that way about myself.  Almost everything that happens to us is the result of how we see ourselves; how "deserving" we feel.   Note I said ALMOST everything, not everything...

In regards to how we see ourselves I'd like to share a quote here.  It is a line or two from "Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann.  "You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here."  Yup, that's me!

Answer 25

I have set aside sufficient funds to ensure my passage to the Himalaya mountains in Indian, I can be alone, homeless, friendless and penniless as a free spirited hermit, living on alms from good passers by ...

Answer 26

I've been evicted three times in the middle of winter with no notice, by women I was deeply in love with yet. My two other periods of homelessness were more or less voluntary, but I was so crazy during the first period that I even tried to become a male prostitute. I wanted female customers, but there weren't any, and the  male side of that business was considerably rougher than I cared for. Eventually I learned how to lie enough to get hired,  Since then I've been resilient, but it's always a trauma to be evicted and/or fired at the same time. One such episode in 1993 sent me into shock for months. I was able to work, but I was a mess at work. Becoming homeless is one of the worst traumas a person can go through.

Answer 27

i would get a new job, even if it were S****y and i would make the best of it. use my creativity to find different ways to make money.

Answer 28

I have many friends that would help me out, I am sure! :D

But, I would first, pray to God.  I know He does provide, no matter what, on that we can depend.

Answer 29

house insurance if done everry year one cn get atleast 50 % you get back.If any one retired he will get pension

then you have god to help us,

Answer 30

Unfortunately You pose a question I ask myself daily. I am fifty, graduated high school in the 70's; so I do not take stability in a job as a given. I have luckily worked my entire life, but I have switched jobs many times. I am in the computer\network field, and my peers are high school graduates who took computers in grade school, so I am fearful.

What would i do? I'd have to deal, and play it by ear.

Answer 31

I would thank God, Surely he has saved me from something worse.