Our goal is never to enable people to become leaches on the systems that are meant to help, but it will always happen.
Our goal is always to love and empower people to the point where they are overflowing with self-worth and respect, and this sometimes happens.
A few weeks ago a lady came to our food pantry and received a family sack of groceries. As we talked I learned that she was a single mother of two and unemployed. The next week she returns and says that she wants to give pack to our food pantry. "What are some needed items?"she asks. I tell her some staples but insist that she doesn't need to do that. She returns forty-five minutes later with peanut butter, canned vegetables, and crackers that she bought using her food stamps.
Since then she has offered her time as a volunteer in other areas of the Community Ministry.
I am learning how much harder it is to receive than give.
I am learning how invaluable true gratefulness is.
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