Reply #53: I used to go to Wal-Mart before Christmas and just walk around

[LiberalArkie]

and wait until I found a little kid that wanted a toy that I could afford, but the mom or dad would look like they could not afford it. I would buy it and give it to the kid when they checked out and walk away, so the parent(s) would not get embarrassed.

I did it for selfish reasons, I guess. It made me feel like that I had done something to make someone else feel good..


Edit..

I never bought into the line that giving money to someone would let them go buy booze or drugs.

Jesus never out those qualifiers on giving. If someone is naked give them your coat (not something you were about to throwaway, but your coat).
Clothe the naked, house the homeless, feed the hungry, heal the sick. No qualifiers at all.

If someone is going to take the twenty I give them to buy booze, that is not my problem. Someone asked and I did what Jesus said to do.

I feel really bad when I am broke and have nothing to give (most of the time). But this time of year I eat very cheaply, just so I can have some money to give away.