In Apple Valley, Minnesota it is 10 degrees and freezing cold with the wind. This man was wearing flip flops with socks covered in holes. I look I his car and see his wife in the front seat covering her face in her hands and the 2 teenage girls both of cuddling under a blanket in the back seat.
I didn't even think and I went up to the man and said sir is something the matter? He looked at me and I could tell he was on the verge of giving up because he didn't even try to conceal his tears when he said I can't even provide for my family.
Without even thinking I put my card in his machine and tell him Jesus Christ the Son of God died to provide for you. Fill up. Something, something came alive in him. He was in shock and it was like he forgot how to pump gas.
In that same moment his wife got out of her car, she asked her husband what was going on and he told her I just payed for their gas she started to cry and came around the corner to shake my hand when I saw her pants dirty and torn. I asked her to come to my car.
The airport lost some of my luggage on my way to MInnesota from California and I had to clean out my closet to find stuff to wear and get rid of a lot of stuff all of that stuff that I had yet to give away was siting in the back seat of the car and in the trunk. I opened up my car and told the lady to take what she wanted.
This lady RAN back to her car. I was so afraid I had just embraced her but a moment later her and her two girls were digging through those clothes layering my sweatshirts and shirts and sweat pants over the worn out clothes they had been wearing.
Soon the father had finished pumping the gas and came over. This attracted a little crowd at the gas station. An some older man gave the family a cub gift card and another middle aged man gave away his jacket to the father. Never in my life did I think I would see this kind of thing happen at a gas station with a handful of complete strangers.
But it gives me hope. That the love of God can be so contagious. That we are not alone in being the change we want to see in the world. That God's love is greater than anything and we get to be a part of that love changing lives. And HE always provides!
7 comments:
great story. thanks for the post...
Amen!!!!!
amazing how god works. and you know there is no government involved
Thanks for the great post and daring to mention Jesus (my savior).
Not many like this left these days and they're taking Chriist out of more & more----after a while the younger generation won't know who Christ was & is.
This is what it's all about---- Showing Christ love through us!
The love of God provided so much so, that these people were homeless and living out of their car, starving. It wasn't God that helped them, it was people, in a small moment. Once it was over, where was the "love of god" helping them then? Funny how that works huh? It would be more spectacular if the "love of God" stepped in to help BEFORE they were homeless and cold. I'll never understand how people can be so confused. It's that old double standard... when something good happens it's God is good, when it's bad, he works in mysterious ways.... wake up people.
What a wonderful thing to do. Just as the Lord says we never know when will send someone in our lives to see if we will help. And we really are helping him. this shines a light on the Lord. And lets this man know that the Lord loves him and will take care of him and his family. I pray this man gets a job, and home. For the Lord will provide for him. Wonderful story we need more of these stories in the news these days
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