Street Sense: Written By and About the Poor and Homeless

I had to ask my higher power why is it that the poor and homeless suffer with drugs and substance abuse? Why do we have to deal with all this murder and stealing, and every other type of crime in our neighborhoods? I see the tricks the rich and well-to-do people play. They start with causing our areas to have unsafe living conditions, then make laws to keep our bread winners in jail for long periods of time.  They devise ways to drive us out of our homes or neighborhoods that they want to live in like they did with the nation’s capital.  They raise taxes to the point where moving would lose less money than staying put. My higher power says those people will suffer a terrible punishment for their abuse of power.
Do you not see that God has subjected to your use in all things in heaven and on Earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, both seen and unseen? Yet there are those who dispute God without knowledge or guidance, and without a book to enlighten them when they are told to follow the revelation that God has sent down. They reject that path, saying they will follow the ways of their fathers, even if it means following the way of Satan and going to Hell. Whoever gives him or herself wholly to God and does the right thing has earned the right to hold God’s hand, the most trustworthy hand ever, because with God rest the end and decisions. Praise God! While we still have time.