The Giving Kind

Was reading The DailyBread for devotion. Often receive letters of charity donation in the mail. Recently, I was little annoyed by the stories in some of the letters asking for donation. Why couldn't these people have a little bit of self-controlled? Single parenting, teenage pregnancy, having multiple offsprings while financially incapable... The thing bothers me the most is that the children grew up in these families often follow their parents' footprints. It will only snowball!

Yet the Lord spoke to me that night during bible reading. Boaz, a very rich man, purposely left grain in the field for the poor and disadvantaged. He didn't judge who qualifies to receive his help. In fact, the bible teaches us ever to judge others.
Our heavenly Father only commands us "...do not reap the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien." (Lev. 23:22)
He guides us "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable --- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy --- think about such things." (Phil 4:9).
He blesses those "...who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead." (Ruth 2:20).

In the movie Half Nelson (BTW, an excellent movie highly recommended. Can someone just explain the meaning of the ending to me?), Ryan Gosling plays an inner city teacher. He once told his friend "If I can make a difference in just one of them..." That's right, even only one of them comes to Christ, to change his/her life, it's worthwhile to do it. Praise the Lord for changing my heart to give willingly again!