He was in the grocery line in front of me; he only had a coupe of items.
When he swiped his card in the card reader, the clerk said,
"It only took some of it...you still owe $10.77," or something like that. I don't remember the exact amount.
But, as he stood there in that line, there was something about him...forlorn, sad, I'm not sure.
But, I prayed for him. I said, "Heavenly Father, let something good happen to him today."
As I was silently praying, his other credit card was declined. He was searching thru his wallet, when I said, "Oh, I've got this. I'll just pay for that."
He looked at me and said, "Thank you," and something else I didn't hear or understand, but it was sort of an apology.
"No problem," I said..."Stuff like this happens to all of us at one time or another. It's nothing..." And, I handed the clerk the money.
Somewhere in all that exchange, it occurred to me that something good had happened to that gentleman. And, it was such a great feeling to realize that.
God is so good. I was grateful to be a teeny part of that little moment.
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