Suds43
Seasoned Expediter
In response to Broompilots post.
First of all, thank you Broompilot for the post!! We all need to stop, take a breath once awhile and count our blessings.
This is what my wife and I would do while we were "beating up and down" the road.
You've all seen these people around truck stops........someone down and out, asking for something to eat or some money. We used to pick up 4 or 5 of the Bibles, the ones you see in truck stops for free....Keep them in our truck for when the right opportunity would arise........If someone came up to the truck or to us asking for money or food, we'd usually give them what we could. Usually $5 or $10, but, show them the cash and put it between the pages of the Bible and hand that to them.
Did that one time in Memphis at the Petro.........this young man was sitting near the parking lot, not bothering anyone.....We'd watched him for about 15/20 minutes and my wife said we should offer him at least something.....Maybe Angels giving us a message??.. Went over to him and asked if he needed any help....We told him we'd give him $10 to get something to eat if he wanted it.....He shyly accepted......We then asked if he would accept another "gift" from us and offered him a Bible......He graciously took it and the money. Thanked us as we went back to the truck.
That young man sat on the curb, leaning up against a post reading his new Bible.......was probably there for over an hour....He then got up and started to walk off, tucking his Bible into the small bag he was carrying.....He stopped, looked back at us, (we were both sitting in the cab), smiled and waved good-bye.
Best blessing we ever had while on the road!!
Moral of the story: Give someone a blessing, that blessing will be returned 10 fold!!!!
God Bless each and everyone this Thanksgiving
Mark & Cindy
First of all, thank you Broompilot for the post!! We all need to stop, take a breath once awhile and count our blessings.
This is what my wife and I would do while we were "beating up and down" the road.
You've all seen these people around truck stops........someone down and out, asking for something to eat or some money. We used to pick up 4 or 5 of the Bibles, the ones you see in truck stops for free....Keep them in our truck for when the right opportunity would arise........If someone came up to the truck or to us asking for money or food, we'd usually give them what we could. Usually $5 or $10, but, show them the cash and put it between the pages of the Bible and hand that to them.
Did that one time in Memphis at the Petro.........this young man was sitting near the parking lot, not bothering anyone.....We'd watched him for about 15/20 minutes and my wife said we should offer him at least something.....Maybe Angels giving us a message??..
Went over to him and asked if he needed any help....We told him we'd give him $10 to get something to eat if he wanted it.....He shyly accepted......We then asked if he would accept another "gift" from us and offered him a Bible......He graciously took it and the money. Thanked us as we went back to the truck.That young man sat on the curb, leaning up against a post reading his new Bible.......was probably there for over an hour....He then got up and started to walk off, tucking his Bible into the small bag he was carrying.....He stopped, looked back at us, (we were both sitting in the cab), smiled and waved good-bye.
Best blessing we ever had while on the road!!
Moral of the story: Give someone a blessing, that blessing will be returned 10 fold!!!!
God Bless each and everyone this Thanksgiving
Mark & Cindy
