Posted on 05/15/2015 8:47:10 AM PDT by Kartographer
Two days after an elderly man dialed 911 for food because he was hungry and couldn't move, his kitchen cabinets are overflowing with donations.
A 911 operator came to Clarence Blackmon's rescue this week after he called for help. The 81-year-old, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, had just returned home to an empty refrigerator after spending several months in the hospital, and he said he had no one else to turn to. The operator arrived with a box of groceries, and she made him a few ham sandwiches.
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For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me."
Matthew 25:34-36
"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Matthew 25:44-46
I’m sure the govt would’ve helped him asap/s
Kinda hard to survive in a society that worships independence if you’re weakened by disease.
I saw the earlier thread on this, it was the feel-ggod moment of the day.
Good to see it happen!
Part of independence is being able to freely care for someone in need.
The woman did not wait for the government to do something, she went and helped.
That is independence.
What the man needs is a social worker to follow up on his situation. My guess is that he’s eligible for about $200 a month in food stamp benefits - temporarily cut off during his hospital stay.
we may ‘worship’ independence... but we also value protecting those that cannot protect themselves.
of course, there are those in society that take advantage of that.
Countdown to how long before some lib will put it all down to “white privilege”
10, 9, 8, .........
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