Thursday, July 16, 2009

The True Meaning of Paying it Forward....



Last weekend, I took a family trip to the beach. I took my 7 year old sister with me. On our way there, we stopped at a Wawa in downtown Philadelphia. I walked in there with $6 and change in my pocket. When I got to the door, a woman asked for food to eat. I told her to come inside with me and get what she wanted. My little sister got chips and I got a small coffee. I really wanted a large, but since I offered to buy this woman a meal I knew I wouldn't have enough. She asked me if she could get something to drink, I tell her 'yes'. Knowing I barely had enough to cover her sandwich, my coffee and my sister's chips. We got to the register, the total came to $7.42. I began to panic going through my pockets hoping that I had enough. By the grace of God I had enough to pay for her food with .97 cents left over! This really got me thinking about the true meaning of paying it forward. I have always helped others but this was one of the first times that I literally cleaned out my pockets for someone else. Later on that evening, at the beach a man in line behind me paid for my funnel cake when I left my change purse in the car with my .97 cents in it!

5 comments:

  1. Awww what a lovely story! So touching = ) Thanks for sharing!

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  2. oh wow thats so sweet of you , and that is weird that guy ended up buying you funnel cake

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  3. It was such an amazing experience that I had to share it!

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  4. Yes, karma is a beautiful and amazing thing.
    Wonderful story!

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  5. What a beautiful story. God is so good and He keeps on blessing us. We all need to learn from this. We have an Aldi here where you have to pay .25 cents for the shopping cart, when I see someone coming I give them my .25 cents, that puts a smile on their face. Sometimes I just leave the cart there with the money in it for the next on. Thanks for sharing.

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