Carry a one dollar bill in your bill fold with a paper clip on it. Pray that God will send you the person that needs this one dollar bill. Then the next time you are approached by someone needing money, trust that this is the person you need to give the bill to and let them have it. I suspect some of you just raised an eyebrow and within you an objection is arising. “If I give some guy a dollar on the street, how do I know he won’t misuse it for alcohol or drugs?” You don’t.
I had the same objection until one day I was thinking, “If I give a guy a dollar to go get a meal and he then uses it for alcohol, how is that any different than the many times God has given me things, only to see me turn around and abuse the gift. Then it came to me. What I do is different…it is a lot WORSE! I then realized that carrying around my little prayed for dollar was going to be an act of faith and trust every time I gave it away. Giving it away was going to require me to trust my prayer and act in pure grace.
I have truly valued this practice over the years. It humbles me each time I pull that dollar out. I realize how much grace I have received and realize that I struggle to even give someone literally a dollars worth of grace. I encourage you to try it. Even if for just one dollar.