backhoeboogie
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Besides for security reasons, has your church ever gave anything to anyone anonymously?
I absolutely can say mine has.
When mother was laid up in the hospital and then in hospice I remember all the kind lady groups that came around regularly and kept checking up on her when she was moved to hospice. When you think of grief counselling and outreach programs, it all gets way beyond monetary.
The congregation has food drives for food banks regularly.
I will give you an example of what I am referring to. In town there is a local mens group. They do various community tasks such as building a city park building, etc. They donate the materials and the time. They receive most of their income from various functions such as fish frys, membership dues, and auctions of donated mechandise. All this appears to cause no one harm and helps the community. However, I often look deeper into motives. For example, an insurance representative may join to acquire more clients, etc. For some reason, and I am not an attorney or judge, I look closely at people's possible motives. Why this, why that? Always asking myself questions whether people's hearts are in the right place.
In the end, all you really need to worry about is if your heart is in the right place.
It is always best to pick your friends wisely. As such you are always second guessing where other folk's hearts are. There have been surprises both ways for me in the past. You of course have to accept that anyone's else actions or motives are totally beyond your control.