MichiganPerson's Blog

HYUK, HYUK, HYUK......good post.

how true it is and thanks
God Bless you all who come to read this.

You're right, MichiganPerson. I enjoyed your post. It is another example of how actions speak louder than words. Thanks.

I thought he was going to beat him with the cane and im glad it ended the way it did! nice post!

:D Beautiful.

Anyone wash his feet?

MichiganPerson? AMEN! I get so tired of these so-called religious people in church with their Audis and BMWs parked outside, they in their three piece suits and $150 dresses who put a whole $20 bill in the collection plate and go away feeling so good about themselves. Then on the way to Sunday dinner (At a fancy restaurant), they're stopped at a redlight and do everything in their power to NOT notice the homeless man standing at the corner with a sign that reads "Will work for food". Back in the days of Jesus, how many people who came to his sermons drove ox carts with GPS? Did Armani even make the robes they wore back then? These were poor common people who came to hear the sermons of an average man and they all sat either in the dirt or on rocks. Since when did the church become such an exclusive "members only" club?

No Mich, he didn't actually ASK for money, what he did ask was that the rich share with the poor. I give you an example, Bill Gates is worth billions. He's constantly lauded for giving to charities. However, look at what he really does. He donates about one million dollars to charity each year. He makes about 100 million a year currently. One million dollars is one one-thousandth of a billion. That would be roughly the equivalent of having 2 or 3 thousand dollars in your wallet, and giving somebody a dollar for dinner. All of a sudden what sounded like a lot, is really only a drop in the bucket. This is what I mean by what I said earlier about people with money who only go to church for the appearances.

I'm not asking for any thanks or anything, but once I saw a woman standing with a sign asking for a job, I asked her if she'd eaten yet that day, she said she couldn't, she barely had enough to feed her kid. I put her in my car, drove to McDonald's bought her two meals for her and her kid, took her home, got her info, then made some phone calls. Last I heard she's still working for the same company after 7 years. I don't have a lot of money, but I did what I could.

Well Mich, the thing that came to mind that day was the saying, give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, you can feed him for a lifetime, I figured if I could get her a job where I worked, that would fit the latter.

Mich, that was meant as a point, not an arguement. I think what you did was great. Not many people would do what we did, they'd think we were weird. It's sad that this country has become such a "me first" mentality. Unfortunately it's gotten to the point now that it's becoming a "me only" mentality and the only way most people do things for someone else these days is if there's something in it for them. I go back to Bill Gates as an example, did you know know he has one personal assistant that has nothing else to do but go around and hand out press releases about what good thing he's done this week? Sad.