I can't remember how we got into the conversation but
Gina, my office administrator and I were discussing kindness, personal giving and generosity in God's eyes and how it is returned to us, when a guy walked past our door. He nodded and smiled to us then stopped, turned around and headed back to our door.
He walked in and Gina asked, "Hello, may we help you?"
"I'm not sure," he shyly replied, "but I hope so. I'm a volunteer for the Milwaukie Meals On Wheels and wonder if you can help in some way? We provide food and assistance for the elderly who can't provide for themselves."
Gina and I looked at each other knowing we were experiencing a "God moment" and immediately hauled out our wallets.
It's days like this that reminds you that He is listening to every conversation and the quality and substance of these circumstances are open invitations for Him to place another person in your life.
I realize he didn't necessarily identify himself as a Christian person or imply religion at all but it didn't matter. All we had to do was respond to God in our lives and know that we responded to the scripture (Matthew 25:44), "Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or in prison and not help you?' "
Gifts like these are small, like grains of sand but the mightiest ancient buildings were not made of just a few parts but millions of tiny grains of sand in the mortar that hold the bricks together.
He walked in and Gina asked, "Hello, may we help you?"
"I'm not sure," he shyly replied, "but I hope so. I'm a volunteer for the Milwaukie Meals On Wheels and wonder if you can help in some way? We provide food and assistance for the elderly who can't provide for themselves."
Gina and I looked at each other knowing we were experiencing a "God moment" and immediately hauled out our wallets.
It's days like this that reminds you that He is listening to every conversation and the quality and substance of these circumstances are open invitations for Him to place another person in your life.
I realize he didn't necessarily identify himself as a Christian person or imply religion at all but it didn't matter. All we had to do was respond to God in our lives and know that we responded to the scripture (Matthew 25:44), "Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or in prison and not help you?' "
Gifts like these are small, like grains of sand but the mightiest ancient buildings were not made of just a few parts but millions of tiny grains of sand in the mortar that hold the bricks together.
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