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Ashamed of my conduct
John from Kentucky:
Thanks a lot Alex. You cost me $40 today. God put me to a test.
I got back from lunch about an hour ago. I just got out of my vehicle. Two people came from nowhere; they were a young man and woman. The young man asked me for money for food. I'm surprised anyone asks me for a handout because I always wear my Winston Churchill war dog face in public. I rolled my eyes and reached into my wallet. The young woman then rubbed her very skinny stomach and said she was pregnant. I said, "I don't believe either of you." I gave the young man two twenty dollar bills. He thanked me. The woman repeated that she was pregnant. We went our separate ways. End of story.
I thought about you Alex. This makes me more righteous than you and proves an accountant is more generous than a potential physician. ;D
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: John from Kentucky on May 14, 2014, 05:07:07 PM ---Thanks a lot Alex. You cost me $40 today. God put me to a test.
I got back from lunch about an hour ago. I just got out of my vehicle. Two people came from nowhere; they were a young man and woman. The young man asked me for money for food. I'm surprised anyone asks me for a handout because I always wear my Winston Churchill war dog face in public. I rolled my eyes and reached into my wallet. The young woman then rubbed her very skinny stomach and said she was pregnant. I said, "I don't believe either of you." I gave the young man two twenty dollar bills. He thanked me. The woman repeated that she was pregnant. We went our separate ways. End of story.
I thought about you Alex. This makes me more righteous than you and proves an accountant is more generous than a potential physician. ;D
--- End quote ---
Oh john, you're such a hoot and a holler! The way healthcare is going and with all the negativity and hatred I see in the media towards physicians, even if I do become a physician, I won't have much of anything to give if things continue as they are. Hey... at least the government and the insurance companies will have their piece. Unfortunately for the average person, its the physicians that treat patients and help ameliorate, by the grace of God, each individual's condition and NOT the insurance companies or government. In other words, at this rate, soon there won't be any practicing physicians or at the least not very many of them!
I'm glad you called it like it was john. There is power even in that.
God bless,
Alex
DougE6:
when people say to me "don't give to the homeless they might spend it on beer" I think to myself...do I always do the good and righteous thing with the money that God gives me?
The answer if your wondering ...is NO I don't. So if God gives to me without putting a string attached to it then why should I feel I can do the same for others?
If they ask, and you are able, and your heart wants to...then give freely
Rene:
--- Quote from: DougE6 on May 15, 2014, 11:55:07 AM ---
If they ask, and you are able, and your heart wants to...then give freely
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I also appreciate how Jesus admonishes us not to broadcast to the others the good deeds that we do, because when we do this, we have received the only reward we will get. Just food for thought. 8)
Matt 6:1-4 - "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
René
John from Kentucky:
Lighten up people. Save the sermons. I was just kidding with Alex.
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. 2:8-9 8)
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