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Roll of Quarters: a Christmas Blessing
I had made a last minute stop at our local grocery
store to finish buying food for our Christmas dinner. Surprisingly, the store wasn’t overrun with customers
so I was able to take my time. When I went to check out, a woman of lesser
means stood at the register in front of me. I didn’t pay much attention until I
saw her place a roll of quarters on the counter, and the check-out clerk had
asked her if she wanted to pay her bill with the quarters. The lady shook her head so the checker began
to unravel the roll. At that moment, the Spirit nudged me to action.
“Wait,” I said. “I’ll pay her bill. She can keep her
quarters.”
The response I received from this lady more than
repaid my small donation. Her smile revealed both surprise and appreciation as
she thanked me and merrily passed from my view.
Reflecting on this incident as I drove home, I
realized God had given me an opportunity to show His love, and thankfully, I
had reacted. However, perhaps I had
received the greater blessing because she had genuinely appreciated my gesture
of kindness. Sometimes we don’t show our appreciation to others when they give
us help or gifts or conversation. We take them and the objects of their good
will for granted. I hope the next time
someone offers me an act of kindness, I’ll appreciate it like the lady in the grocery store.
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly
kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.”
2 Peter 1:5 – 7
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