It seems to be impossible for me to give
without receiving repayment. One example
I will never forget happened in the late eighties. I was carving detailed birds and ducks and a
friend of my daughters asked me if I would carve her a duck and her pay for it
a little out of each payday until she got it paid for. She wanted it for her boyfriend. Naturally I said that she could take her pick
and pay whenever it was convenient and to take it now to give him for
Christmas. I received a check by mail
every week.
Several months later I was home and alone
and got hungry. I hit the fridge and the
pantry and not a thing to snack. I went
to IGA and picked up a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread. When I went to pay the cashier I only had
fifteen dollars to my name. I paid for
them and left the store when gentleman approached and said he was traveling
with his family and had had trouble and they were broke and hungry and could I
spare fifteen dollars to buy food for his family. Intuition compelled me to give him what was
left of the fifteen I had and explained I had no more. He was not a bum I am sure. Later I hated it when I realized that the
restaurant was open and I could have taken them there for a meal. Also it never crossed my mind to go back in
the store and get what they needed for I know they would have trusted me until
the next day.
When I got home there was an envelope
taped to the patio door. When I opened
it there was a check from the young lady who bought her sweetheart the duck. There was a sweet note thanking me for
trusting her and the last payment for thirty dollars. It seems she had lost her job and just went back to work. I thought she had paid it off a long time
past for I did not keep up with what she owed.
This was twice, not what I gave the man, but twice what he had asked
for. This type of thing has happened all
my life and I have found that for whatever he ask he will return two times or
more. My G_d is awesome for sure.
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