It was quite an experience taking my son the the Bus station in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. People whom are less fortunate that those of us who drive to work and live in fine homes standout among the homeless or indigent population. As people walk across the street to avoid being asked for money, a man made his way over to my son and I and said..."Let me help a veteran, by carrying your bags". Earlier, while looking for a parking spot, a lady mad her way over to my daughter and I, she informed us to wait a few more minutes, before feeding the parking meter, "its free after 7 pm" she stated.
When people spend their day asking for a few buck pr some spare change, I guess its easy to read who will help you and who despises your approach. While large churches, collect huge Sunday morning offerings and churches spring up only feet from one another, we still have the growing numbers of needy people and families among us. It doesn't matter to me, the reason why someone is asking for a few dollars. Although many could possibly spend the money on drugs, there are those who are hungry and they want to buy something to eat. When we judge someone and look down upon them because of their condition, remember, they were not born indigent. Somewhere in their life, maybe they did make bad choices, maybe they did squander their inheritance, but if you or we have excess, will it hurt to show some compassion or empathy to spare some change?
In the past, I was a member of a church in which I gave faithfully. While serving my country overseas, my wife needed some emergency funds to travel home on an emergency. The church deacon needed to form a meeting, to decide whether they were going to provide assistance to my wife, to go home to see her mother. Organized religion (what we call the church) can be the place that gets and seldom gives. Many will pay for a guest speaker, who will fleece the flock of God and the church will scrutinize a family who genuinely need financial help. If all church are going to do is build bigger warehouses, to store believers, I guess there will be more warehouses for believers to choose from.
According to the bible, when you give to the poor, you are lending to God. I like that because God is not low of blessings or slow in His ability to repay. Even if you do not believe in God, there is this thing called the Law Of Reciprocity. This Law can be summed up like this: ...Do unto others as you would have others do unto you". Or how about this..."as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner" Luke 6:31
So the next time someone needy asks you can you spare a few bucks or some change, look at it as giving God a loan! He will repay it.
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When people spend their day asking for a few buck pr some spare change, I guess its easy to read who will help you and who despises your approach. While large churches, collect huge Sunday morning offerings and churches spring up only feet from one another, we still have the growing numbers of needy people and families among us. It doesn't matter to me, the reason why someone is asking for a few dollars. Although many could possibly spend the money on drugs, there are those who are hungry and they want to buy something to eat. When we judge someone and look down upon them because of their condition, remember, they were not born indigent. Somewhere in their life, maybe they did make bad choices, maybe they did squander their inheritance, but if you or we have excess, will it hurt to show some compassion or empathy to spare some change?
In the past, I was a member of a church in which I gave faithfully. While serving my country overseas, my wife needed some emergency funds to travel home on an emergency. The church deacon needed to form a meeting, to decide whether they were going to provide assistance to my wife, to go home to see her mother. Organized religion (what we call the church) can be the place that gets and seldom gives. Many will pay for a guest speaker, who will fleece the flock of God and the church will scrutinize a family who genuinely need financial help. If all church are going to do is build bigger warehouses, to store believers, I guess there will be more warehouses for believers to choose from.
According to the bible, when you give to the poor, you are lending to God. I like that because God is not low of blessings or slow in His ability to repay. Even if you do not believe in God, there is this thing called the Law Of Reciprocity. This Law can be summed up like this: ...Do unto others as you would have others do unto you". Or how about this..."as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner" Luke 6:31
So the next time someone needy asks you can you spare a few bucks or some change, look at it as giving God a loan! He will repay it.
More Post Like This At: GoingAgainstTheGrain.org
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