Just the other day my wife called me as I was about to meet her somewhere and told me to meet her at the store, mind you we were running a little late but I always try to please her, so when I got there she had a basket with a pile of stuff in it.
"What the heck are you doing!"
She softly replied that she saw a man on the street corner holding a sign saying "HUNGRY!", and that God had told her to feed this man. I, being the Christian raised person that I am helped her get some things together. Trying not to say that he needed to get out and get a job or he's a bum. God convicted me Right there in that Dollar Tree in Hattiesburg, Ms. I didn't have any compassion for his people, my brother in Christ and that is not what God called us here to do.
So I piled up the shopping basket and prayed over everything that was put in that cart.
I want to say thank you to my wife for pushing me to have a heart of giving compassion for peoples needs even if you don't even know them.
My challenge, to those that read this, is to help someone less fortunate, needy, elderly, homeless, stranded... you never know how much and in what way it will bless you. God has a way of revealing his blessings and you will be surprised everytime.
7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” 2 Corinthians 9:7
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