tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362125.post5479999162104063050..comments2023-10-23T08:30:27.197-07:00Comments on Luthermatrix: What do you do with the Sob Story?Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07304298306127392428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362125.post-66541121169609609692009-09-10T15:53:52.054-07:002009-09-10T15:53:52.054-07:00I think you did OK. In the passage about the brea...I think you did OK. In the passage about the bread and the scorpion, I believe Jesus says "How much more then will the Father give the Holy Spirit" -- at least in Luke's telling of the story. Prayer is no small thing to offer a person.<br /><br />"I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth...." (Acts 3:6)Andy Kaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863052203418450397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362125.post-64317583207375889062009-09-10T13:42:00.869-07:002009-09-10T13:42:00.869-07:00Yeah, in my head kept ringing the words "did ...Yeah, in my head kept ringing the words "did I ask for bread and I gave you a scorpion" and Kings "keep the bread fresh, because one day someone's going to come knocking on the church's door asking for bread."<br />I hardly even gave crumbs.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304298306127392428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362125.post-82203980304391865602009-09-10T10:56:12.305-07:002009-09-10T10:56:12.305-07:00It's tough. Jesus says to give to everyone wh...It's tough. Jesus says to give to everyone who asks, but obviously if we did that a lot of people would take advantage (have you seen "Yes Man"?). Still, Jesus' command remains. I think the best thing we can give (and I really do think this is giving) is an ear, which you did.<br /><br />A girl I know participated in a program at a local homeless shelter where she was asked Andy Kaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863052203418450397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362125.post-43320027437230405872009-09-09T17:53:58.556-07:002009-09-09T17:53:58.556-07:00A lot of folks I know will give goods in kind rath...A lot of folks I know will give goods in kind rather than money, just to weed out the insincere. My pastor, though, will give money on occasion. He recalls dealing with an indigent individual whose sob story started falling apart, at which point he told the man, "You and I are both alike. We both tell stories for a living." Still gave him the money though.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.com