I want to be like this death row inmate
I want to go out like this. This is the kind of thing I want to be able to do when it’s crunch time, and I have the ability to make an impact in some way outside of myself. While I can’t say that Philip Workman did it in the name of Jesus, the act itself spoke volumes.
Hundreds of homeless people in Nashville, Tennessee, ate well Wednesday evening — all in the name of a man who the state put to death just hours earlier.
Philip Workman, 53, requested that his final meal be a vegetarian pizza donated to any homeless person located near Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
He was executed there at 2 a.m. ET Wednesday.
But prison officials refused to honor his request, saying that they do not donate to charities.
That apparently upset a few people willing to pay for and deliver a lot of pies themselves.
Homeless shelters across Nashville were inundated with donated pizzas all Wednesday.
“I was like, ‘Wow, Jesus!’ ” said Marvin Champion, an employee of Nashville’s Rescue Mission, which provides overnight shelter, food and assistance to more than 800 homeless people a night.
“I used to be homeless, so I know how rough it gets. I seen some bad times — not having enough food, the cupboards are bare. But we got pizza to feed enough people for awhile,” Champion said.
“This really shows the people here that someone out there thought of them.”
It’s funny how his simple request sparked such an uprising amongst the people to reach out to those in need. Too bad it takes the request of a death row inmate for us to see there’s lots of people that need our help.
Check out the whole article right here on CNN.
Jesus follower.
