The kindness of others

    Yesterday my husband and I went grocery shopping as we usually do on Saturdays and when we came out of the store he noticed that one of our tires on the car was flat. He always keeps a can of fix a flat in the trunk so we didn't think it was a big deal.
     It was snowing really heavy at this point and he was already kneeling in about an inch of snow. After a few tries the can didn't seem to be working,  so we figured it was probably because it was an old can. The lady putting her groceries in the car next to ours saw my husband getting frustrated and heard us talking back and forth about what we should do. This woman is a complete stranger to us, but felt like she should help so she came over and handed my husband a brand new can of fix a flat and said for us to keep it!
     We thanked her, and were very appreciative of it, and the thought she had in trying to help us. But when my husband tried to use it, this can also didn't seem to want to work. The snow was getting heavier now, and it wasn't little flakes anymore it was like small snowballs being dropped on us. The lady next to us finished putting her groceries away and returned her cart; then she did something totally unexpected, she came back over to my husband told him to have a merry Christmas and buy a new tire. When he looked she had given him $100!
     We were blown away! A complete stranger had responded to our need in a way we never imagined! The can of fix a flat itself was generous but this women took it one step further! I pray blessings on her, and am more grateful than can be described.
      I wanted to share this with everyone to remind you all that sometimes miracles happen when you least expect them. And there are still kind people out there who want to help others. I hope someday I can pay this kindness forward in a big way like she did, but until then I'll just do little things in service to the Father.

Mark 12:28-31

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’  31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”