Comments on: Should You Give Money to a Homeless Person?

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:56:24 +0000

Amen? we can help the needy and homeless! agree? yes or no?

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:55:12 +0000

Leesa, God bless you! You are a girl or a boy with the Holy Spirit inside you! We say together, we can help!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:53:41 +0000

I am giving all of my money away to that poor man! God bless him!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:51:51 +0000

Put it this way–if you believe the old saying what comes around goes around, you will not be forgotten if something should happen that you to end up in a situation wearing the shoes of a homeless person. You’re worried about what they will do with the money? Didn’t Jesus say if someone asks for your shirt to give them your coat also? What is it these days when people call themselves “Christian” but refuse to do as the Bible instructs? Is that not the definition of a hypocrite? You’re to good for these people. Keep in mind the story Jesus told about Lazerous and the beggar. You can have your reward now or you can have it later–the beggar in the story got the reward we should all desire. Turn your back to these people and you will get what Lazerous got!!!

By: Trish

Trish — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000

You most definitely need to go to your local Council Housing Office. If you have children they have a duty to house you. Please do not subject your children to this any longer.

By: LISAWIENS

LISAWIENS — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:23:00 +0000

Im a 28 yr old mother of four and recently my fiance lost his job. It has spiruled into us being homeless and living out of our car.If anyone can help us, or even give some advice Id greatly appreciate it. My daughters are 1,2,6,9 and its been almost 2 months and we cant even find a shelter with enough beds for us.

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By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:54:00 +0000

First some information, you should realize the homeless people who are ‘abusing’ drugs and or alcohol often due it because they are self medicating. They either have mental, learning, physical or emotional disabilities that go undiagnosed or untreated. A lot of homeless people are Vets that are suffering from brain injuries, due to concussions being improperly treated and being sent back into battle to soon or PTSD. There are a lot of reasons. I’ve also heard people complain about homeless people smoking, well smoking is a mood elevator and a hunger suppressant so it makes sense to me. If you give anything to anyone it is theirs to do what they want with it. I personally don’t care if they spend the dollar I give them to buy booze, pot, cigarettes or whatever. Imagine yourself in their shoes who says you wouldn’t be doing the same thing? It’s easy to preach when you haven’t lived that way.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:20:00 +0000

Actually, alcohol withdrawal can most definitely be life threatening.

By: Gdemers

Gdemers — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:44:00 +0000

I see what appear to be homeless men (usually) standing on the corner every day as I am driving to work. They seem to be organized and “work” in shifts, taking their turn standing on the corner, holding the sign asking for help and more often than not the plea wraps up with a “God Bless”. I actually watched a veteran beggar “coach” a new sign holder at his corner. Then he ran across the street to take up his post as supervisor, I think.

I don’t know what to think of this “organized” begging. These guys look perfectly healthy; enough to be able to stand for hours on a corner, walk around the city every day looking for a handout and sitting on the park benches sharing a bottle and smoking and laughing and appearing to have a good time. Most of the time they are wearing shoes and or boots that I can’t afford, but I realize they probably get them at the local Salvation Army or other shelter in town. The same for coats in winter, and they look like they sleep somewhere and have access to showers.

Is this unusual or does this same thing go on everywhere? I won’t give money to these guys; they are sketchy looking faces to be sure, but more so because I think they choose this lifestyle (one old guy who worked his life for the railroad actually told me that he preferred to live under the bridge).

While I pray to God to look after these individuals, I don’t trust them enough to stop and talk to them or hand them money.

I would like to hear other thoughts on this.

Peace.