Guest LadyC Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 george, you carry cash on you? you're in a dying breed, my friend. i don't carry cash. the other day, i was on my way to work, and hungry. i stopped at taco bell and bought a steak quesadilla because it's not messy and i can eat it while driving. (no stones, please!) i pulled out of the drive-thru and onto the street, and the light was red. a young woman was holding a sign that said "hungry and homeless". i rolled down my window and gave her my quesadilla. i sure hope she enjoyed it, because i sure was hungry at work! i used to carry "groceries" in my trunk.... ramen noodles, cans of tuna, crackers, stuff that doesn't spoil. i also used to carry the jeans that my husband had outgrown in the trunk. i was always stopping and giving stuff to homeless people. and then one day my pastor told me i had to stop, because i could potentially be making myself a target. that's ok though, i still worked at the food bank and was able to give to the homeless from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Shalhevet~ Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 334 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2,049 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 120 Days Won: 4 Joined: 08/13/2009 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 "That man is greedy." We are commanded to give to those who would even spitefully use you. And didn't Jesus sit with the sinners. The man who said the poor man was greedy is a muslim, so he doesn't know about Jesus. I mean, he says he believe in Jesus but I don't think in the same way I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsca777 Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 247 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/27/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/04/1973 Share Posted January 15, 2010 A friend of mine says on facebook "I yelled at a homeless guy on the elevator today 'cuz that's the way I roll". She got 6 of her friends to give a "thumbs up" to that comment. I guess being mean is good now???? If you are against homosexuality, you are a hater. If you are Christian, you are close minded. This world is BACKWARDS. God have mercy on us! What a double standard. If you speak up against some practice, your called a hater, or intolerant, bigoted, closed minded, judgemental, holier-than-thou, etc, but the person who yells at that homeless guy is okay? People should call her hateful, bigoted, intolerant, etc for making the comments she made. Her firends that gave her a thumbs up are just as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2010 We can all become so desenthesized to people who are homeless and are just ... there. My daughter was leaving a store with our grand-daughter last week and she met someone she knew coming in and they were chatting. As they were chatting people were streaming in and out around them and the little 2 year old started saying "Mamma, he don't got no food, Mamma".... "Mamma he don't got no shoes, Mamma"... My daughter said the little one got Louder and LOUDER repeating the same thing until about 20 people turned around and looked at this homeless man leaning against the wall...huddled against the cold with flip-flops on. Our grand daughter said - Give him food and socks!!!!! He's cold, Mamma and he don't got no FOOD!!!! She then offered him the fries from a Happy Meal my daughter had bought her. My daughter said - people just stopped and started giving him some money, some food, talking to him. She said she had a couple of dollars in her pocket and handed it to him. He said Thank You and told the baby she was an angel. My daughter said all the way home, the baby kept saying "Where is his people, Mamma"? "Does he go sleep in a bed"? Why is he sad, Mamma? She said a piece of her heart broke knowing that such a little tiny child was asking these hard questions ..... from the mouths of babes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Shalhevet~ Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 334 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2,049 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 120 Days Won: 4 Joined: 08/13/2009 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 We can all become so desenthesized to people who are homeless and are just ... there. My daughter was leaving a store with our grand-daughter last week and she met someone she knew coming in and they were chatting. As they were chatting people were streaming in and out around them and the little 2 year old started saying "Mamma, he don't got no food, Mamma".... "Mamma he don't got no shoes, Mamma"... My daughter said the little one got Louder and LOUDER repeating the same thing until about 20 people turned around and looked at this homeless man leaning against the wall...huddled against the cold with flip-flops on. Our grand daughter said - Give him food and socks!!!!! He's cold, Mamma and he don't got no FOOD!!!! She then offered him the fries from a Happy Meal my daughter had bought her. My daughter said - people just stopped and started giving him some money, some food, talking to him. She said she had a couple of dollars in her pocket and handed it to him. He said Thank You and told the baby she was an angel. My daughter said all the way home, the baby kept saying "Where is his people, Mamma"? "Does he go sleep in a bed"? Why is he sad, Mamma? She said a piece of her heart broke knowing that such a little tiny child was asking these hard questions ..... from the mouths of babes... thanks for making me cry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2010 We can all become so desenthesized to people who are homeless and are just ... there. My daughter was leaving a store with our grand-daughter last week and she met someone she knew coming in and they were chatting. As they were chatting people were streaming in and out around them and the little 2 year old started saying "Mamma, he don't got no food, Mamma".... "Mamma he don't got no shoes, Mamma"... My daughter said the little one got Louder and LOUDER repeating the same thing until about 20 people turned around and looked at this homeless man leaning against the wall...huddled against the cold with flip-flops on. Our grand daughter said - Give him food and socks!!!!! He's cold, Mamma and he don't got no FOOD!!!! She then offered him the fries from a Happy Meal my daughter had bought her. My daughter said - people just stopped and started giving him some money, some food, talking to him. She said she had a couple of dollars in her pocket and handed it to him. He said Thank You and told the baby she was an angel. My daughter said all the way home, the baby kept saying "Where is his people, Mamma"? "Does he go sleep in a bed"? Why is he sad, Mamma? She said a piece of her heart broke knowing that such a little tiny child was asking these hard questions ..... from the mouths of babes... thanks for making me cry!! When her grandpa and I heard, we did the same. She has so much empathy for one so young. She's much like her Mamma.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Shalhevet~ Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 334 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2,049 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 120 Days Won: 4 Joined: 08/13/2009 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 I wish I could help the homeless more but luckily our city has a great Salvation Army so you see very few of them on the street. We also have great county funding. I am reminded of that movie The Second Chance with Michael W. Smith. I would love to do work like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsylady Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 171 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,813 Content Per Day: 0.64 Reputation: 150 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/26/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2010 Believer: " Suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven." What an awesome example. and then one day my pastor told me i had to stop, because i could potentially be making myself a target Target for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2010 Believer: " Suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven." What an awesome example. and then one day my pastor told me i had to stop, because i could potentially be making myself a target Target for what? Artsy, This little one has been my "conscience" from the start. She is such a sweetie and when we are together we must look at each flower and smile and speak to EVERYONE and I see things I never notice through her eyes. She's such a blessing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHERB Posted January 15, 2010 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 789 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 123 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/23/1971 Share Posted January 15, 2010 wow, is all I can say. My hubby's cousin is that way, and she also posts them on face book and her friends give her thumbs up - she is 27 yrs. old - she needs lots of prayers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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