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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the
dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her
Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her.
Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for
the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked
poor and hungry.
He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew
how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you. He said, 'I'm
here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the
way, my name is Bryan Anderson.'
Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough.
Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his
knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get
dirty and his hands hurt.
As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to
talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing
through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.
Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him.
Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the
awful things that could have happened had he not stopped.
Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was
helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who had given him a
hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to
him to act any other way.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw
someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed,
and Bryan added, 'And think of me..' He waited until she started her car
and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he
headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite
to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It
was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene
was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe
her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the
whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months
pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old
lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger.
Then she remembered Bryan .
After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The
waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old
lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came
back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something
written on the napkin.
There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: 'You don't owe
me anything. I have
been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you
really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love
end with you.' Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.
Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but
the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work
and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the
money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she
and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be
hard.... She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next
to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, 'Everything's going
to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.'
There is an old saying 'What goes around comes around.'
The Bible says,
"Trust in the Lord and do good;
so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself
also in the Lord and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
Psalms 37:3-4
and...
"Give and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men
give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be
measured to you again." Luke 6:38
~GOD BLESS!~
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