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In the time it takes to get to work. I'm Patrick Miller. It's not unusual to hear about

celebrities doing charity work. I say it's not unusual to hear about it because they almost

always do it in front of cameras for the public eye.

Now, I'm not saying that these celebrities don't serve orphans or the homeless when no one's watching.

I'm just saying that they seem to like it best when people do.

Now, of course, there's going to be exceptions to that rule.

In 1997, Keanu Reeves passed a homeless man begging in an alley.

He walked into a nearby convenience store. He bought some food and water and returned to the

homeless man. But then he proceeded to do something strange. He sat down with the homeless man,

and he talked with him, not just for a few minutes, but for hours. The only reason we know this story

isn't because Keanu shared it. It's because a paparazzi spotted him from a distance and

shot pictures of him the entire time. Kianu had no idea. In the decades since, he's become

somewhat famous for just being a sincerely nice down-to-earth person.

But when you look at those pictures of him, when he was a famous young movie star, and he's

sitting in an alley on a dirty mat with a homeless man listening, if you look at those pictures,

you'll probably feel something. That's because it's so unusual for those who are high and lifted up to talk with

those who are lowly. And when we see that happens, something in our soul sings. It's like our hearts

are recalling a story that we were made to hear, a story that we longed to hear, a story that we

need to hear. And that's because we were made to hear such a story. In Luke 5, we read

a story just like this. Let's pick up in verse 27. After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector

by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. Okay, let's pause and ask for a second. Who were tax collectors?

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