Got a little story for ya, Ags!
A couple of weeks
ago, I had an interview for a summer internship in Houston. I was really nervous, and honestly I wasn't
very excited about it (I'm sure you've had that feeling- who likes interviews,
right?). I wasn't really paying
attention while I was driving so I ended up taking the wrong exit off the
highway. To make matters worse there
was a man soliciting for money at the red light where I was trying to make a
U-turn.
Great.
Of course I was at the front of the line, so he came up to
my car and I rolled down my window. It
turned out the man was collecting money for a church who ran a drug recovery
program and was trying to keep it open, so I decided to go ahead and give him a
few dollars. He was SO thankful. He gave me a bottle of water (which was
great- I was pretty thirsty) and started chatting with me about my day and
where I was going, so of course I told him that I was going to an
interview. He congratulated me and
started to walk away, but then he came back and said the last words that I ever
expected to come out of his mouth.
"Can I pray with you?"
So I ended up at an intersection holding a complete
stranger's hand while he prayed for me.
While he has probably long forgotten me, that man's gesture touched me
more deeply than he could ever know. In
fact, I went back to that intersection after my interview to let him know how
it went, but he was gone.
My challenge for you this week is to go out of your way to
do something nice/unexpected for someone, whether it be a friend or a stranger. John 13:34-35 says:
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one
another. Just as I have loved you, you
also should love one another. By this
everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another."
Random acts of kindness are a great way to show this love,
especially as we approach the end of the school year and stresses are running a
little higher than usual. I hope that
you all have a great week. We're almost
done!
Bonnie
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