We Get By With Very Little, surviving with what resources are given to us.  Food and shelter are pretty much it.  We Survive.  There are so many people who don't have what we have, and we are deeply grateful to God.  If we did not have these things, we would not be alive today. 
Being poor is painful.  It's painful for obvious reasons.  There isn't enough material goodness to be happy.  The children are somatic and tired and without hope.  We feel hopeless like noone is looking out for us.  That He has let us down.  We pray all the same.
When we pray to the Lord, He hears us and He answers us.  You cannot help but feel that God is providing the things one needs to be O.K.  That He cares and we feel that what is given to us comes from the bounty of God's hands.  God is generous and kind, and He give us things because He loves us.  Because There is still a reason we are alive.  He doesn't love the rich more than the poor, in fact it is quite the opposite to me, yet God provides for the littlest creatures, from ants in the ground to dandelions, to buisinessmen and to pets.  All living things are provided for.  Even the homeless seem to be calm because they seem to be in good hands of God.  I weep when it is cold or rainy because I know how much it hurts to be out there in the cold.  Do people die when there is no shelter?  I have never seen this happen, but must assume it to be true.  We are not without a home.  We are grateful for that which we do have.  Some madness of heartlessness of the world to leave hungry individuals out in the cold.  I think the cruelest thing people could ever do, is to deny one another shelter or food.
If you see someone without a home, take them in.  God sends us as earth-angels to do his daily work.  In its way, we are the Hands of the Lord.  It is up to each person to take care of one another; He cannot do it without us.
It seems there will always be faith on the Earth.  Faith seems to dwindle in this time.  Christmas seems to lack luster this year.  I wish I had someone to take care of, someone cold and hungry I could give a bed to.  It would fill my life with purpose and joy.  I do.
I do have someone to  take care of; his name is Theodore.  He fills my life with joy and it is my own meaning to fill his life with happiness.  If I do one thing right for the rest of my life, let me take care of him.  Food and Shelter are two things he will need his whole life.  I wish all people could have what he has.  I cry when it is cold and dark because I don't want anybody to be stuck out there alone. 
I know that some people are out in the cold this year.  I know that many won't have Gifts this Christmas.  It makes me cry.  There is lack of love and then there is lack of resources.  Theodore and I are so rich in love.  God provides the resources we need to survive.  Our hearts combine with our home to fill the night with a cheeriness and a warmth that makes the season bright.  He comes home at night and I cook him up a delicious meal.  He lays in bed and relaxes.  I am grateful to god that he has these things.  My poor boy. 
I went looking for a job but have found that identification papers such as a Social Security Card and a Birth Certificate are required in order to apply for a Driver's License.  These things require a trip to the government offices and hospital, and money to pay the neccessary fees.  I deeply feel that people should not have to pay money to obtain their birth certificate. Thirty dollars is a fortune.  I feel that the reason there are so many Homeless Americans is because they don't have the money or transportation to apply for their identity papers, and therefore can't get the driver's license requiered to work a job.  So They get stuck, and they can't figure out how to get out from under a mountainload of paperwork.  These laws should be deeply amended.  We have DNA tests and face recognition software, so why can't people get through to applying for work without these debilitating papers?
I myself am struggling with these problems and haven't yet found a solution because I cannot afford the fees to get them.  It feels hopeless.  It seems that one must Have Money in order to Make Money.
If the laws in America would abate regarding these fees and requirements, then there would be a lot fewer homeless people wandering around.  There would be alot less innocent people freezing to death and a lot more employment.  I hope to live to see the day a change comes about.
In JEsus' Name,
Amen