in response to lady6... It is Sad, very sad indeed that people have to ask people they don't even know to help them with money. Do you have any clue how dificult it is to ask someone you don't know for money. I am afraid you may be judging yourself very harshly lady6's
What if something were to happen to you, since you are raising your grandkids it sounds like the parents could not do it, No sarcastic remarks intended, maybe it was something bad but regaurdless, you say you are raising your grandkids and have many bills to pay apparently. If you did not take care of the grandkids , who would? What if they had to ask for assistance or for, "cash" from a perfect stranger, would you feel the same way if it were one of them asking for cash? I think you are a very warm and generous person and I hope you are not sore at me for this, I felt you deserve to know some truths about GOD because it is through HIS Grace you are able to take care of your Grandchildren. And You are a very special kind of person, very loveing and nurtureing, you must be to raise your grandchildren.
I raise two of my grandchildren right now also. Two wonderfull, full of energy boys. ages 5 and 8 , cousins and if you have boys you know it is a handfull to keep them from fighting and ,l well you have grandkids so you know as I know, it is difficult. If I did not do what I do on the side by growing medicinal plants for legitamate patients then I could not feed my family. I hope you will understand why some people ask for help, they have no where else to turn. Yes, some are bad, very bad but dont toss the whole bunch away because of a few bad ones. If GOD judged us in this same way we would all perish because there are a lot of bad amongst us but the ones who are good, like you and I hope myself and those we love and the good people here on this site, we do not want any to perish do we, because we are all are part of one big body and GOD is the head. Each of us are needed for GOD's purpose, not our own. We do not have good enough reasoning by our own selfs to run such a body, do we?
Let us all love one another and provoke one another to love and good deeds, so that we can all recieve the blessings we are in need of even those needs we don't know about yet!
HE knows what we need and do not need so, if HE pulls on your heart strings, do what you will and we all pray that it is what GOD wills as well.
I sincerely hope you have a great wonderfully blessed life and all those you love be blessed beside you. It takes a lot to raise your grandchildren and you must be a very wonderful person,
Sincerely,
Timmothy Shamblin
Timmothy Shamblin