I have been volunteering now for over 6 months at a thrift shop that helps the homeless and the down-and-out. Although I enjoy what I do there, I left the place for good today after finding out I was sharing the same space with a “suspected” child and animal abuser. The person has multiple counts against him and it was a real stumbling block for me sharing the same building with him, not to mention being in the same room. I been working with abused cats for so long now, but have never been directly confronted by an abuser. I do not know exactly what this man did, nor do I wish to know. I just know that for my own sake- I needed to leave. I know that God says we must forgive, but sometimes, finding forgiveness is difficult, especially when the one needing forgiveness hasn’t repented.