My wife and I do a lot of local volunteer work in lieu of giving money to charities. The one event we will not volunteer time for is a food pantry. The people are rude, demanding and unreasonable and in return, I get politically incorrect and in a few cases have hurled profane invectives which tends to make the Pastor uneasy!
There are people who travel the entire county following a scheduled route to all the food pantries each week. They get angry and boisterous if there are only canned vegetables and no kraft mac and cheese. They complain if there is 80/20 ground beef and no 93/7. The sense of entitlement is maddening and more that I can take. Most offer absolutely no thanks.
We have found a few humble folks who are truly needy and we give to them directly (and discreetly by leaving food on their porch.) We also derive a lot of pleasure from preparing and taking hot meals to families at the local children’s hospital.
...”The sense of entitlement is maddening and more that I can take. Most offer absolutely no thanks”....
They do not know the sense of ‘contentment’ or gratitude in want ‘OR’ plenty for that reason.....for those of that mindset “enough” will never be enough regardless of what they have or been given....they will not be satisfied.
God says...”You have not because you ask not”.
I do some volunteering for my parish’s little food pantry. My involvement is putting away the food, but my deacon makes the call on who gets to “shop” there. I trust his judgment.