When they resumed their journey, his friend asked, “What are you doing giving him your money like that? Don’t you know he’s just going to go squander all that on ale?” Lewis paused and replied, “That’s all I was going to do with it.” Whether you believe in stereotypes or not, our morning coffee or trip out for lunch occasionally is a luxury, one that many can’t afford right now and that is why I chose this quote. While his friend kept walking, Lewis stopped and proceeded to empty his wallet. Lewis, One day, Lewis and a friend were walking down the road and came upon a street person who reached out to them for help. I came across this illustration also from C.S. I work 40 hours a week and I know I couldn’t afford to pay for everything if our income went down by such an amount so to me whether a person is working or unable to work now is irrelevant, it is weeks before Christmas and thousands of families with children are having to face potential homelessness or at very least huge cut backs. “Research by the Chartered Institute of Housing suggests 320,000 children will be affected (estimating 115,000 households are impacted) with families losing up to £100 a week” this was taken from this BBC article printed today. Today thousands and thousands of families and lone parents face dealing with huge cuts in their benefits, regardless of their social status I believe that as Christians, and also as compassionate human beings we should be encouraged to love and help eachother and this is a time when people really need help.
Before you you read this please know that I am not intending this to be political or biased towards any class of person, my intentions are purely to encourage people to love more and help one another.