Paupers and Kings by Mike
Today took us to two vastly different groups p of people. After a brief
time of reflection on the Mississippi River, we traveled to a nearby park to eat lunch. All of the kids packed a couple extra sandwiches in order to bless some of the homeless there. There we met Rockin Ronnie, an itinerant musician who had come to Memphis with hopes of stardom and lost everything in the bars and clubs on Beale Street. As we listened to his story, we realized that it is only through the grace of God that we aren’t in the same place.
The second part of our day revolved around Graceland, the famous home of another itinerant musician, Elvis Presley. The house is indisputably impressive. We saw, however, that Ronnie and Elvis weren’t so different. Both needed love and friendship and community. All of Elvis’s wealth and Ronnie’s lack thereof didn’t make a
difference when it came to what was truly important.