at least were not homeless

Hazel and I had a very interesting thing happen to us this past Thursday. We were driving to the northeast side of Grand Rapids to do some work and while we exited at the corner of Ann St and 131 we came upon a homeless guy. He had a sign that said he was homeless and needed food and had a expectant wife. I have been through this situation before and never know what to do. I have given money before and have also driven by trying to ignore the situation. I read in one of my Rob Bell books that giving should be unconditional and I pretty much agree. I know that there are those that say do not give because the guy is a con artist and will probably just go buy liquor. Well this time I just had to open my wallet and all I had was a ten dollar bill and 2 one dollar bills.
I just rolled down the window and handed the guy the ten dollar bill and went on our way. He responded with a really loud "thank you man" ! Hazel and I talked about it and decided we did the right thing. Hazel told me she could see the tears in the guys eyes and I do not know if this was real or just a way of justifying our charity. Even if he did con me at least he could buy some liquor and sleep with a nice buzz. I felt good about it and I guess that makes a difference. I wish I had a celebrate recovery brochure or a number of a local church to help him, but all I had was my heart and conscience. About an hour later we were traveling down 5 mile road when we saw a sign for a moving sale. We stopped by and the lady happened to run a day care and had allot of leftover books and cool educational toys for sale. Hazel picked up a few books and some some toys and said this would be really great for the daycare she works at. I looked at her and said we only have $2 in cash in my pocket plus some change. We started talking about how we got rid of our ten dollars to the homeless guy and the lady over heard us. She asked Hazel if she worked in a day care and Hazel said yes and told her about our church. Hazel looked a t me to make an offer and all I could say was that we had $2.90. She took the pile of books and toys and she put them all in a bag and said take them. I felt so poor at that moment but I looked at her and said. "thank God were not homeless". She just smiled and said "thank God were not". We got our $10 back plus a little extra for the $2.90 we had in my pocket. We felt pretty good about ourselves and went on our way to go see a movie. I think in the back of my mind I was still wondering if giving $10 to a homeless guy was too much. The next stop was at Celebration cinema to see a movie. We decide on "Robin Hood" and bought our tickets. Next stop was the concession stand and of course we purchased the $10.50 bucket of popcorn and large soda. $10.50 for a bucket of stale popcorn and a large soda? I guess that $10 to the homeless man was a better bargain.