what would you do-how would you feel if you donated money to someone believing they were in need

[H2O Man]

22. Two true stories .....

Years ago, when my oldest brother was on a rapid downhill slide from head injuries sustained in boxing and the Irish Flu, I gave him a few hundred dollars to buy food. After I left, I thought I'd hang around in the village he lived in, to make sure he didn't buy any white powder with the cash I had given him. I watched him walk towards the store, then interact with some youngsters, before turning around and going back to his house. So I went in, and asked him why he hadn't bought needed groceries? He said that he had met two poor kids, and gave them the money I gave him. I wasn't exactly happy, but couldn't be mad, for he had always given to those poorer than him.

Next, I took my teenaged daughter to visit her boyfriend at his college. We went to McDonald's. As we left, an old man asked me if I could spare a quarter, as he wanted to buy a meal. I gave him my last $10. As we got in my vehicle, the young man asked me why I did that? Surely I knew the guy would spend it on booze? I pointed out that he was a consevative christian, and noted that Jesus said he would appear to us as the poor. I said my giving that man money was between me and "God." What he did with it did not involve me. However, we sat in the parking lot long enough to see the guy buying about $10 worth of food inside.