In the span of a week, two men have approached me begging for gas money. That people are desperate for a few bucks shows that the recession is real and we’re not out of it.
Of course beggars have been around before the economy went sour. But the occasional fellow at a street corner or interstate off ramp is passive. The guys who approached me, one as I pumped gas and the other as I went into a drug store, both had an aggressive urgency in their pleas.
The cynic in me could have denied them any help. The skeptic in me could have doubted the excuses both gave me — that their wives had the debit card — as a scam. Perhaps their wives really did have the card because they were in such financial straits.
In any regard, I gave each guy a few bucks. The fact that they expressed gratitude rather than greed convinced me I had done the right thing. And it made me appreciate the fact that the Lord has provided me with a good job with a good salary. I shouldn’t begrudge giving a few dollars to someone in need.
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