A elderly man came up to me with tears in his eyes while I was sitting in my car and asked if I had if I $3.00 and change for a bus ride home.His wife was in the hospital for tests and needed to get home. All I had was a $5.dollar bill and $2.dollars in change. I told him that I need the $5 for the turnpike, So I gave him the $2dollars that I had. He said thank you and turned away.
I looked down to put my purse away and looked back up to see that he was gone.The hair stood up on my neck. Do you think it was a test or am I wrong.
2007-03-05 04:08:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you'd have given him your 5$ you'd be stranded. He could have been acting, trying to get some drug/booze money. You did your best! Most people would have done nothing for him at all. He was 2$ closer to his ticket, and you were one who helped...be happy, you tried!
2007-03-05 04:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe in giving money for anything of the sort. If someone needs something, if they truly want it and you truly want to give it, then you can get it for them. Money is too freely given nowadays and it isn't worth anything but the things it can buy. If he needed a bus ride, buy him a bus ride and give it to him. Obviously he didn't want the bus ride and is simply a thief and a shame of a man.
If this is a test of some kind, you should evaluate the multiple choice answers.
A: You gave him money to buy a bus ride to see his wife. (Obviously wrong)
B: You gave him money, which he may now use to buy alchohol or other drugs. (Possible)
If you were being tested, you could have just given him a reason to do something bad. Maybe he was the one being tested and you were simply the question.
2007-03-05 04:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by Rothwyn 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Are you serious? You didn't give a crying old man your 5 dollars?! How hard would it have been to use Visa at the toll-booth...or even just get a voucher from the toll-guy.
Either way, if it was a test, remember that God owes you $2 when you die and meet him.
2007-03-05 04:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He was gone because you gave him money and he didn't expect for you to give him anything else.
He didn't disappear into thin air as if he was an angel, if that's what you're implying.
As for whether it was a test... Why would your God need to "test" you if he is "omniscient?" Doesn't that defeat the purpose? He already knows what you would do.
2007-03-05 04:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by dmlk2 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I do know that God does test us and we never know when a person in need is Jesus in disguise. Thank you for helping this person and Bless You Dear one!
2007-03-05 05:29:53 · answer #5 · answered by jasmin2236 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A test? No.
I think that what you did was very charitable. Regardless of what he actually does with the money (anyone who asks for money of you while you're sitting in a car is lying about whatever story they tell you), your actions were honorable.
2007-03-05 04:13:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
You just got coned
Haven't you ever noticed they always have a wife in a hospital?
Well at least he might be able to get his booze
Learn to say NO
2007-03-05 04:18:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You showed compassion for a fellow human being and gave what you could at the time. You did well.
Deke, your answer made me burst out laughing.
2007-03-05 04:17:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
God sends many people into our lives... for just a moment... things like that have happened to me too.... We sometimes have only 1 chance to be Jesus to other people... sounds like you blessed this man by being Jesus to him!
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2007-03-05 04:17:30 · answer #9 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you did a very good thing, and that you did so for a person that can run very fast.
2007-03-05 04:14:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋