Comments on: ‘God helps those who (can’t) help themselves’

By: Uncle Luther

Uncle Luther — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:53:22 +0000

Sue,
I couldn’t agree with you more.

By: Sue "Anonymous" Carroll

Sue "Anonymous" Carroll — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:14:45 +0000

Troubled, I get exactly what you’re saying. And there are the people who are horribly addicted to some drug or alcohol, and our “help” in only making it worse. But how I look at it is, they need a different kind of help. A bag of groceries just isn’t going to cut it in a situation like that. Somebody, somewhere can help a person in this situation (a psychologist? some other sort of counselor?) THAT person needs to step up. But we need to do what we can at all times and not make excuses. We are responsible for our fellow human beings and if we’re not doing what we can, that’s on us.

By: Uncle Luther

Uncle Luther — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:41:08 +0000

Troubled,
The way I look at it, if someone asks me for help and truly needs it, but I don’t help them– it’s on me. If they ask for help and I help them, and it turns out they were using me or abusing the system– it’s on them. When it is hard to tell the difference, err on the side of meeting their needs. The burden to help those in need falls on the body of Christ, not politicians.

By: Troubled

Troubled — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:10:17 +0000

Great article, but there are a few things that all of us see in the world, or personally know a relative, which tends to make our hearts hard. What I am talking about is people who do not work and will not work because they enjoy the welfare system. They drink like fish, pop pills, lie, cheat, and steal. They shove the care and attention of their kids onto the Grandparents because having the children affords the welfare lifestyle, but actually raisiing them, no, that gets in the way of the welfare lifestyle. So statistics like the ones above often do nothing for the hearts of many of us. If we get the right people into political office and demand change, then we can shake the tree hard enough to clean up some of this mess. Then, we’ll know how many out there truly need help and we can help truly.

By: Fried Southern Chicken

Fried Southern Chicken — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:22:49 +0000

Why do people assume it’s biblical just because the word God is in the Phrase? You know that they say when you assume……

By: Enigma

Enigma — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:10:13 +0000

Kamlle,

Who’s illusion do we live in?

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By: Kamlle

Kamlle — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:44:30 +0000

I think the quote is true, God helps those that help themselves, its on a level of thought if u believe ur poor thats what u will attract into ur experience but if u believe ur wealthy that will be attracted the same way as being poor, the world we live in is an illusions it is all Matter, and matter is mold and shaped by Mind and Spirit…Know Thy Self and stop looking for Help on the outside of life but look for help and guidance on the inside

Law of Attraction is Gods Law not mans Law

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The Fine Art of Eccentricity · A bike with frickin’ LASERS strapped to it! — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:53:25 +0000

The saying “God helps those who help themselves” is stupid and asinine, not to mention completely unbiblical.