A waiter at a Boston-area restaurant
witnessed an act of kindness on Tuesday night that's warmed hearts across the Internet.
“While waiting tables tonight, a mother and daughter started crying mid-meal. I
had no idea what happened until a single guy at the table next to them handed
me this note with his bill, “Do me a favor and bring me their check; someone just
got diagnosed, don’t tell them.”
What a great act of compassion and kindness!
Peter says, “Add to your faith…Mutual affection.” (2 Peter 1:6) He’s inspired
by the Holy Spirit and says that loving others is part of the journey in our
development. This adds to the securing of your faith and your walk with Christ.
Just how serious are you about finishing
strong in your walk with Christ? Nowhere in the Word does it say that our walk
will be perfect and without blemish, bumps and blunders. Yes, there are many challenges
along the way. One of the greatest challenges that your faith will face will be
how you handle people around you. Not everybody is going to smile at you
and be nice, kind and loving. Some might just “rain on your parade”. Your
issues aren’t in dealing with easy to love people; it’s those who are belligerent
and ugly that adds stress to your life.
Moses had to deal with Korah in the
wilderness. Joseph had to deal with his eleven brothers who threw him in a pit.
Nehemiah dealt with an enemy named Sanballat who attempted to stop the
rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Jesus was betrayed by one of His
disciples named Judas. I don’t know who’s getting under your skin, but
headaches and stress with individuals are always going to be part of your
development this side of heaven. Yes, God uses people like sandpaper to make us
smoother and better fit for His use.
So, will you stay the course and become Better
rather than Bitter? I have watched many people who have removed
themselves from His Will and Plan all because they couldn’t handle the pressure
of people who caused them tension and heartache. But the apostle Paul says, “We
are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” We always carry
around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be
revealed in our body. “For we who are alive are always being given over to
death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal
body. (2 Corinthians 4:7-11)
Go the distance friend. And one day, standing
before the Lord, you will see how God used each difficult situation and different people to make you
more like Him and better at loving those around
you.
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