Meh. You can project all you want, every cynical soap opera scenario you can dream of, for all I care.
What *if* this was a simple act of human kindness? Simple and pure? As most religions teach:
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
I hope, in your life circumstance, you never need charity of any sort. You express a lack of empathy and compassion in your posts.
Good luck with that. I prefer to believe in man’s humanity to man; the Lord working through us in wonderful ways.
Meh.
I’ve been through more hell than you’ll ever know. But thanks for being so judgmental.
Giving is not always compassionate. Sometimes, letting people pull themselves up by their own bootstraps is more rewarding and fulfilling to the individual than giving them something for nothing.
Read the parable of the talents, and you might recall what God expects us to do with our ‘gifts’. The bible is full of stories and advice (particularly in Proverbs) about how one should behave when faced with trials and hardships.
As for the Lord working through us, yes...I’ve experienced it on both sides in many ways. Again. Thanks for your obvious hostile judgment based on a few posts. I despise people who use “God” as an excuse to cast aspersions on others. My posts were based on the reading of the article and the conservative position, not spirituality. But way to drag God into it.