Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me as well. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you in to my presence so that where I will be, you will be also. John 14:1-3
Have you ever known anyone to be homeless? Or on the verge of being homeless. Have you ever seen a homeless person on the street, begging for anything from food, to money. Do you hesitate to give them money because they may spend it on alcohol and/or drugs?
You figure that they don't deserve getting handouts because they should just go get a job.
Many Christians feel that way. They don't want their money that they have worked hard for, to become....dirty. What was that you said? I said, "dirty." I don't want my money to become dirty by giving to the poor man on the street, or the mother that was in a Walmart parking lot asking for money to buy her baby diapers and food, with the possibility that they will spend it in the way which we don't approve.. The lady at Walmart was oriental, but I do not know where she was from. She had her request written out on a card, which she showed my husband and myself, and with her was a teenage girl.
Did I give her any money? Yes. GASP!!!!
Shame on me for giving money to someone who had to have her request written out because she may or may not have been able to ask in English. And if she did indeed have a baby, it was not with her. And how could I trust that she was not going to spend it on something that would....dirty my money?
Well, I can tell you, I have sort of been on that side of the fence, as it were. Not completely homeless, but getting there and not always knowing where the food for my kids was going to come from.
It isn't our business to know what anyone's situation is. What happens to that money that leaves your hand, the end result becomes God's and whomever is on the receiving end.
We could argue about with God Why really should I have to give to the poor? But we would only lose that argument.
Whoever gives to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have. Proverb 18:17
Give to everyone that asks you....Luke 6:30
There is other scripture about giving to the poor and I have not found one that says we are to judge, put them down or ignore them.
God's heart is with them. And he is for you and I. Poor or not.
I know today's love note is a little different then its title, but I will be back tomorrow to talk about Jesus preparing a place for us. Thanks for visiting today. God's blessings and perfect love on you!
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