Feeding the hungry

A few days ago my fiance and me couldn’t finish our dinner so we packed the extra rice and chicken in a plastic bag and did something new.  We drove around looking for a hungry stray dog that really needed a meal.  It was 10:30pm and the streets were pretty quiet.  Suddenly, we saw a white dog with 2 puppies.  The dog looked skinny with her ribs showing but her puppies looked well-fed and they were still trying to get milk from their mom.  As I emptied the contents of the plastic bag I could see the dog’s relief at getting some food and she gobbled away while we looked.  After she ate a fair bit she came towards the car and looked at us, I think she was trying to say ‘Thank you’.

We went for dinner again tonight and couldn’t finish our pizza.  Guess where we went? To look for the white dog again.  She was at the exact spot we fed her a few nights back, and this time we saw her puppies and ‘husband’.  She was sleeping on the sidewalk when I approached her and when she saw me with food she jumped up immediately.

This is a very special neighbourhood that is friendly to stray animals and the residents actually allow the animals to roam around the area freely...(I shall not disclose the location to protect the residents privacy).

Many times we are told not to feed strays… but I’m just thinking, how would I feel if I had children to feed and I had to go hungry days in a row, but then I see loads of food being thrown away everyday? I think this is what mercy and grace is about, to think about the very least and give them what they need the most – love.