Hey Guys;
It's just 8:30am here in Edmonton now- and today as been amazing already. God has certainly been moving around here and blessing people for sure.
Well, I just have to tell you a quick little story that happened to me already today. 6:30am rolls around, Danielle and I have YMIT Prayer at school. I don't have a class until 10:50am, so I consider not going (sad I know but...). I wake up.. turn off my alarm clock and lays back down. All of a sudden, a urge came over me. I got up, got dressed and pulled on like 3 shirts, hoddies coats, two pairs of pants, socks... like no joke- it's BITTER cold here. Anyways... we both make it to Prayer and God really showed up. It was a good time in God. Anyways- everyone else had class but me, so I lefted to go home. The 7-Eleven store is right across the road from me so I thinks 'now is my chance to get a nice coffee and some morning cookies... it takes like 5 minutes waiting to cross the MAIN street here in Edmonton, so I grow tired of standing but finally, I can walk across. When I get into the store, I fill up the larges coffee cup, grab a chocolatechip cookie and a long john and go to cash. I put it down, he checks it in- I reach for my wallet... I left it home. Me, standing there- so dumb... started searching my coat for any money what-so-ever but nothing. I start to appologise when a man in the back shouts 'I'll get it for ya, don't worry about it'. A middleaged man walks forth, gets a coffee for himself and takes out money and pays for both of our stuff. I thank him for what he had done and told him if I ever sees him around here again, I'd 'get him back' (there actually is a good chance you'd see a person again in this area). He laughed and said 'nah, all i ask is that you PAY IT FORWARD'!
Yes, Pay It Forward.... I don't know if he had just watched the movie about the kid who tries to do three nice things for people and they're suppose to do three nice things for another three people.. and so on.. but man- it hit me. A complete stranger, here in Edmonton, where everyone warns you not to talk to people you dont know, where you don't take things from strangers, where you are made to believe that you can trsut noone.... this man named Bob steps up and changes my idea of 'Edmonton people'. And it was even by a simple gesture of paying for a coffee.
But yeah, I told him that I'd be praying for him and that I would indeed 'Pay It Forward'!
Blessings;
Joshua
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3 comments:
Awesome story!
Can you hear it?
Keep Lookin Up
Rudy
That's sooo cool!!!
I was looking out my window last week and this guys car wouldnt start so he was trying to push it down the road and it was really cool cuz all these students, walking in random directions, literally dropped their bags and ran to help him. Our area sucks like crap (MUST I REMIND YOU GUNS AND DOGS!!) but.. you see little random glimpses of hope and love and it changes everything....
Bet that made getting up this morning kinda worth it eh?!?!?
for sure, it was SO WORTH IT!
Rudy, I can hear it- we heard it here in the apartment today.. I'll tell you about it :) - amazing stuff!
Blessings
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