I was flying back to Seattle a couple days ago with a layover in Chicago. I always love looking out the window during the descent, and I happened to have a window seat during this flight. We were flying over a Chicago suburb, and based on my extensive time being on the ground rather than in the air, I could tell that the houses we were flying over were enormous and beautiful and expensive. Yet, from so far up, they just looked silly.
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In Seattle, some members of the homeless population sell a mini-newspaper called Real Change for $1 a pop. The proceeds go toward helping them get back on their feet. I was driving home from Trader Joe's on Wednesday night, and a man was selling copies of Real Change under the bridge. I was stopped at the red light as he paced by all our cars flashing his papers. As he approached my car, I rolled down my window and told him I was sorry but I didn't have any cash with me. Then he handed me a copy anyway and said, "Here. It's on me tonight." I don't have words to describe that man's gift and the way it blessed and humbled me, but I would confidently say that that man is great in the Kingdom of God. For he had little and gave much.
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It's so funny. You saw that man and thought it was your responsibility to give him a $1 to help him out in his plight. Instead, he was the one who gave you something, however small. God has an amazing way of reminding us that even with our privilege and call to serve those who are less fortunate, we also have something to learn by serving Him.
ReplyDeleteSo true, Sam. Well put.
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