'I Will Not Stop': Grandma Arrested For Feeding the Homeless Sues, Refuses to Stop Ministry

A 78-year-old grandmother from Arizona who spends her time selflessly helping the poor is fighting back after she says she was arrested for feeding the homeless in a local park. "I will not [stop my ministry]. I don't care what they say. They are wrong, and I'm right," Norma Thornton told CBN's Faithwire. "One of the ways I know I'm right is: I've prayed about it." Thornton explained how her invocations to the Lord always lead other good Samaritans to deliver something she needs. "Every time I'm in doubt, something happens ... suddenly there's a box of food or a bag of food or whatever it is I need," she said. "Blankets showed up here at my doorstep just a few days ago. The temperature dropped quite a bit [and] many of the people were very cold." Thornton continued, "So, God ... put it on somebody's heart to put that food at my doorstep, or that the bedding, or the hygiene stuff." She also discussed the details of her arrest and what motivates her kindness. "The number one motivation is my savior, Jesus Christ, and his Father. We are told repeatedly, the first and most foremost commandment is love," she said. "Love thy neighbor. Love your fellow man. He [said] several times, 'What you do to the least of my people, you so do to me.' That's basically my motivation."

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