Yesterday while driving through the drive through at McDonald's (to get a large ice coffee) - I looked in my rearview mirror and see a police officer behind me, placing an order. I was feeling kind of down and I thought to myself - hmmmm what can I do to "pick my spirits up a bit?" And somehow it crossed my mind that today would be a good day to "Pay it Forward..." Have you ever heard of that term? Its a term my mom taught me years ago. Its when you try to give back a little of what you have been blessed with by doing something to bless someone else. So when I drove up to the window to pay for my coffee - I said to the cashier. "...And I'll also pay for the order of the car behind me." She raised an eyebrow and looked at me in surprise. I could tell she wasn't use to people being generous. I told her - "When he drives up to the window - please tell him his order has been paid for - and that the woman in front of him hoped that God blessed him today, and that he had a good day." She indicated with a nod of her head that she would.
I share this "not to toot my own horn" because the Bible tells us not to let "Our left hand know what our right hand is doing." But because it picked up my spirit. I smiled as I thought of the look of surprise on his face when he pulled up to the window. I of course had already drove off by the time he was collecting his meal. It also made me think how it really does feel good to give. Unconditionally. And lastly, it made me think about how Jesus paid the price for my sins. How He died on the cross for forgiveness of my sins. He paid my price.
What have you done to make a difference in someone's life? Make someone smile? Thought about someone other than yourself? We get so wrapped up into our own circumstances, problems, thoughts - that we often don't count our blessings... The ironic thing is - I don't know who felt happier about my actions... It was just a small really "insignificant thing" but it made ME feel good - "paying it forward."
Imagine what a better world this would be - if everyone decided to "pay it forward?"
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