Scott Lee Johnson-Christian Sculptor (Jesus and the Homeless Woman page)

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This piece was originally done for a shelter for the homeless. It was to have been placed on a pedestal with a plaque containing the inscription below. There would have been a number to call to make donations or volunteer time. By the time it was completed the economy was such that the money was not available for its casting or installation.

At the present time it is only available in its original life-sized edition.

Hungry, alone, an old bedspread her only protection against the wind, she shivers in the winter cold of the only home she has known for years - the street. Her hunger and pain are His. As she suffers so does He. People ask, "If Jesus loves her so much why doesn't he do something, why leave her like that?" His answer is "I gave myself for you all. I gave you each to the other. I did not leave the few to take care of the many. You need each other. Each one of you is a part of the whole with his or her own special gifts. So many of the gifts are locked away beneath suffering, anger or greed that there is no whole, only fragments. It is only through knowing me and knowing God the Father as our loving parent that you can live as brothers and sisters, that you can be people who love."