Random Acts of Kindness

Yesterday I was the recipient of a random act of kindness by a stranger. I was over at Porters buying quantities of groceries for our Crosslines fish day and my cart was full. As people came up behind me who had only a few items in their hands, I let them go ahead. It takes a while to check out a cartful and that was my second time through the line. Some of those coming in were on their lunch break and needed to get back to work. The first cart got too full, so I paid for everything and put it in the car before reloading the second cart.

I offered to let another lady behind me with about a dozen items go ahead of me. She looked like she was dressed to be on a lunch hour from work. She said she was in no hurry and she wasn't on her lunch hour. As I checked out, the lady, the cashier and I visited. The lady was excited about a trip in the near future to see her daughter graduate from seminary. I told her I had been studying for ministry also and would graduate in July. The lady goes to a church that does Crosslines too and we talked about it a bit.

I went out to my car and loaded everything in it. The other lady came out of the store and called me over to her car saying she had something for me. Every once in a while, somebody hears about our food ministry of feeding the poor through Crosslines and will donate some food items, which is very nice. Springfield is full of good, loving people.

But that's not what happened this time. The lady handed me a bouquet of flowers! She said they were for me. What a wonderful surprise! They smell great. She really made my day.

God blessed me through a stranger.