Our Footsteps: Random Acts of Kindness

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Random Acts of Kindness

It's not often when you witness a 'random act of kindness'. Today as my son and I walked into the local grocery store to get some ginger ale for my sick daughter, there was a little boy with his dad at the line-up of bubble gum machines in the entrance. They didn't look like they had much of anything, judging by the way they were dressed. In fact, they looked very poor and somewhat dirty. The dad was unshaven and looked like the kind of guy you would avoid. We did avoid them, because, as usual, we Christians are always in a hurry to get to the next place - it IS the Christmas season after all...

But the old codger didn't avoid them. The old fella who wasn't in such a hurry had noticed that the bearded poor man and his dirty son were fumbling around for some quarters to get some gumballs and couldn't find any. Before the son had a chance to be disappointed, the codger pulled out a dollar bill and gave it to the little boy. Now the son had enough money for FOUR gumballs! That kid was jumping for joy. The dad yelled out, 'HEY THAT WAS REALLY NICE... WOW! THANKS ALOT!!'

There was one happy kid... and one happy dad... and one happy codger. And there I was - missing the blessing of giving.

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3). I believe that mankind is separated from God by sin; that sin entered the world through Adam and death through sin.
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